Niche Hero Plugin up to 1.0.5 on WordPress Shortcode spacing cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Niche Hero Plugin up to 1.0.5 on WordPress. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument spacing leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-14145. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Niche Hero Plugin up to 1.0.5 on WordPress. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation of the argument spacing with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Niche Hero | Beautifully-designed blocks in seconds plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'spacing' parameter of the nh_row shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5 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.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-14145. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Niche Hero Plugin

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• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5

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