CVE-2025-9698 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Plus Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.3.16 does not sanitize SVG file contents, which could allow users with minimum role access as Author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00308.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9539def-d92b-4117-b36a-17015c578d89/

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Plus Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.3.16 does not sanitize SVG file contents, which could allow users with minimum role access as Author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Title		The Plus Addons for Elementor < 6.3.16 - Author+ Stored XSS
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9539def-d92b-4117-b36a-17015c578d89/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2025-10-13T06:00:07.225Z

Updated: 2025-10-14T20:25:25.025Z

Reserved: 2025-08-29T15:34:40.525Z

Link: CVE-2025-9698

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-14T20:24:44.676Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-10-13T06:15:42.677

Modified: 2026-10-08T12:10:00.217

Link: CVE-2025-9698

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

No weakness.

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