Description
The Widget Options – The #1 WordPress Widget & Block Control Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.2 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.
Problem types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-09-16: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-10-24: | Disclosed |
Credits
Nguyen Ngoc Quang Bach
References
www.wordfence.com/...-ef3b-4fd7-9571-61e5528b7652?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...-options&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=