CVE-2025-6997 describes a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ThemeREX Addons plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to 2.35.1.1. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.4) allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts via unvalidated SVG file uploads, which execute when users access the compromised SVG. The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when handling SVG content. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.35.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:themerex:addons:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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