CVE-2025-28971
WordPress Easy Elements Hider plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CWD Web Designer Easy Elements Hider easy-elements-hider allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Elements Hider: from n/a through <= 2.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.9
WordPress Easy Elements Hider plugin <= 2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CWD Web Designer Easy Elements Hider easy-elements-hider allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Elements Hider: from n/a through <= 2.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-28971- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-19946
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CWD Web Designer Easy Elements Hider easy-elements-hider allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Elements Hider: from n/a through <= 2.0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-19946- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-33q9-8xm4-j4g6
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')...
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CWD Web Designer Easy Elements Hider allows Stored XSS. This issue affects Easy Elements Hider: from n/a through 2.0.
- Record
GHSA-33q9-8xm4-j4g6- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.9
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CWD Web Designer Easy Elements Hider easy-elements-hider allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Easy Elements Hider: from n/a through <= 2.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-28971- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-28971 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Cwd Web Designer Easy Elements Hider, published July 4, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.20%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/easy-elements-hider/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-elements-hider-plugin-2-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-28971
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-elements-hider/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-elements-hider-plugin-2-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
github.com/advisories/GHSA-33q9-8xm4-j4g6