CVE-2025-8208
Description
The Spexo Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Countdown widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.23 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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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Stored XSS in Spexo Addons for Elementor's Countdown widget allows contributor+ users to inject arbitrary scripts, executing on any page view.
The Spexo Addons for Elementor plugin, which extends Elementor with widgets and tools [1], contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in its Countdown widget. The issue stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.23.
Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this flaw by crafting malicious input in the widget attributes. When a page containing the vulnerable widget is viewed by any user, the injected script executes in the context of the victim's browser.
Successful exploitation enables arbitrary JavaScript execution, which can lead to session hijacking, website defacement, or redirection to malicious sites. This poses a risk to site integrity and user privacy, especially on multi-author WordPress sites.
As of the publication date, users are advised to update to a patched version beyond 1.0.23 if available, or apply any vendor-supplied fixes. Mitigation may also involve restricting contributor-level access or disabling the vulnerable widget until a patch is applied.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=1.0.23
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