Author: Dmitrii I

The Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress plugin is a popular tool used by WordPress site owners to manage and run contests, sweepstakes, and giveaways. With over 30,000 active installations, it allows users to boost engagement and traffic by offering incentives to participants. However, a critical vulnerability—CVE-2024-100107—was discovered during testing, which exposes the plugin to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability allows malicious actors to inject and execute JavaScript code, enabling them to potentially gain unauthorized access to the site and create backdoors that could compromise the entire platform.

Meta Slider is a widely used WordPress plugin that helps users create image sliders, carousels, and other content displays. With over 600,000 installations, the plugin is a popular choice among developers and website owners for its ease of use and flexibility. However, a serious security flaw—CVE-2025-1203—has been discovered in Meta Slider, which allows malicious users to inject and execute JavaScript through a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attack. This vulnerability enables attackers to potentially create backdoors on WordPress sites, leading to full administrative control of the site.

Meta Slider is one of the most popular WordPress plugins used to create responsive image sliders. It offers flexibility and customization options to enhance the visual appeal of websites. However, a critical Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (CVE-2025-1062) has been discovered in the plugin. This vulnerability allows attackers with editor privileges to inject malicious JavaScript into the plugin’s slider settings. By exploiting this flaw, an attacker can gain unauthorized access to a WordPress site, potentially compromising it completely. The vulnerability affects versions with over 600k installs, making it a widespread security risk for many WordPress-powered websites.

Pods is a powerful plugin for WordPress that allows users to create and manage custom post types, fields, and taxonomies. This plugin is widely used for extending WordPress’s native functionality and creating custom content types to suit different needs. However, a severe SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-1446) has been discovered in the Pods plugin. This vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious SQL queries via user input, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the WordPress database. If exploited, this flaw could result in data leakage, manipulation, or even full administrative control over the site.

Nested Pages is a popular WordPress plugin designed to help website administrators organize their pages and posts hierarchically. This plugin allows for easy drag-and-drop management of WordPress pages and custom post types, making it a valuable tool for many site

Calculated Fields Form is a WordPress plugin that enables users to create custom forms with calculated fields, ideal for use in forms that require mathematical calculations such as price estimators, financial forms, and surveys. While the plugin offers a lot of flexibility and customization options, it also contains a critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-13382). This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into form fields, which can then be executed by users interacting with the form. The result of exploiting this vulnerability is a potential backdoor access, allowing attackers to perform actions such as account takeover and unauthorized administrative control of the website. This issue impacts versions of the plugin with 50k+ installations, posing a serious security risk to many WordPress sites.

The Photo Gallery by 10Web plugin is a widely used WordPress plugin designed to help users create beautiful and organized image galleries on their websites. This plugin allows website owners to display their images in various formats, enhancing the visual appeal of their site. However, a severe vulnerability (CVE-2024-13124) has been discovered in the plugin, which allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript into the gallery’s title field. This Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability can lead to the execution of arbitrary scripts, enabling attackers to potentially create backdoor admin accounts and gain unauthorized access to the site. With over 200,000 installations, this flaw poses a significant threat to websites relying on this plugin.

Form Maker by 10Web is a popular WordPress plugin used to create forms and widgets for various purposes, such as contact forms, surveys, and user registration. The plugin is widely used by website administrators for its ease of use and flexibility. However, a critical vulnerability, CVE-2024-10558, has been discovered in the plugin, which allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into the “Title” field of a widget. This Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability can result in the execution of arbitrary JavaScript on the website, potentially leading to account takeover and the creation of backdoor access. The vulnerability can be exploited by any user with editor privileges or higher, posing a significant risk to WordPress websites using the plugin.

Site Reviews is a popular WordPress plugin designed to collect and display customer reviews on websites. It offers an easy-to-use interface for both site owners and customers to submit and view reviews. However, a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-1232, has been discovered in the plugin. This flaw allows unauthenticated users to inject malicious JavaScript into the review form, which can lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks. These attacks could result in unauthorized account creation with admin privileges, ultimately compromising the security of the affected website. With over 100,000 active installations, this vulnerability poses a significant threat to WordPress sites using the Site Reviews plugin.

The GDPR Cookie Compliance plugin is a widely used tool for WordPress sites, enabling them to display cookie consent banners and helping website owners comply with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). However, a serious vulnerability (CVE-2025-1623) has been discovered that allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code into the “Tracking ID” field under the plugin’s integrations settings. This vulnerability can lead to the execution of stored XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) scripts, allowing for the creation of a backdoor account and other malicious activities. With over 300,000 active installations, this vulnerability poses a significant security risk to websites using this plugin.