devitemsllc HT Mega Plugin up to 2.8.2 on WordPress Countdown Widget cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in devitemsllc HT Mega Plugin up to 2.8.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Countdown Widget. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-1261. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in devitemsllc HT Mega Plugin up to 2.8.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component Countdown Widget. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Countdown widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2 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. NOTE: This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-3307.

The weakness was released by Craig Smith. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-1261 since 02/12/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: HT Mega Plugin 2.8.3

Timelineinfo

02/12/2025 🔍
03/08/2025 +24 days 🔍
03/08/2025 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2025 +17 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Craig Smith
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-1261 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-1261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-299031

Entryinfo

Created: 03/08/2025 15:15
Updated: 03/25/2025 06:20
Changes: 03/08/2025 15:15 (67), 03/25/2025 06:20 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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