Vulnerabilities and security researches forpreload-current-images preload-current-images

Dec 11, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-12658
Home page URL: Security reports for Preload Current Images
Application: Preload Current Images
Date: Nov 11, 2025
Research Description: The Preload Current Images plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'complete' parameter in the 'preload_progress_bar' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected versions: max 1.3.
Status: vulnerable