Flex Guten <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via thumbnailHoverEffect Parameter

CVE Details

Basic Information

Title Flex Guten <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via thumbnailHoverEffect Parameter
Type cve
Published 2025-08-06T01:45:12.660Z
Modified 2025-08-06T01:45:12.660Z

Product Information

Vendor dragwp
Product Flex Guten – A Multipurpose Gutenberg Blocks Plugin
Version *

CVSS Information

Base Score 6.4 (MEDIUM)
Attack Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

AI Analysis

AI Description The Flex Guten WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the ‘thumbnailHoverEffect’ parameter. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts that execute when a user accesses the injected page.
AI Severity Medium
AI Vendor WordPress Community
AI Product Flex Guten – A Multipurpose Gutenberg Blocks Plugin
AI Version 1.2.5

Affected Products

  • dragwp Flex Guten – A Multipurpose Gutenberg Blocks Plugin *

Additional Information

CWE List CWE-79
Source Wordfence

Description

The Flex Guten plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘thumbnailHoverEffect’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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