The Ultimate Before After Image Slider & Gallery WordPress plugin before 4.7.1 does not escape the value of the BEAF Slider widget's shortcode field before outputting it on the front end (the value is passed through do_shortcode, which echoes non-shortcode content verbatim), allowing users with administrator-level access to store a script that executes in the browser of any visitor who loads a page displaying the widget.
History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Ultimate Before After Image Slider & Gallery WordPress plugin before 4.7.1 does not escape the value of the BEAF Slider widget's shortcode field before outputting it on the front end (the value is passed through do_shortcode, which echoes non-shortcode content verbatim), allowing users with administrator-level access to store a script that executes in the browser of any visitor who loads a page displaying the widget.
Title BEAF < 4.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget Shortcode Field
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-14T06:00:01.908Z

Updated: 2026-07-14T06:00:01.908Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T11:11:48.893Z

Link: CVE-2025-15665

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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