CVE-2025-15665

BEAF < 4.7.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS via Widget Shortcode Field

Published Jul 14, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions beaf
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions beaf
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Weaknesses CWE-79
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Weaknesses CWE-79
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Weaknesses CWE-79
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Weaknesses CWE-79
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Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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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
Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 12:47 PM
Reserved
Jun 23, 2026, 11:11 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 14, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Sep 29, 2026, 3:10 PM