CVE-2025-6256
Flex Guten <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via thumbnailHoverEffect Parameter
The Flex Guten plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘thumbnailHoverEffect’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
6.4
Flex Guten <= 1.2.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via thumbnailHoverEffect Parameter
The Flex Guten plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘thumbnailHoverEffect’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 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.
- Record
CVE-2025-6256- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-23731
6.4
The Flex Guten plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘thumbnailHoverEffect’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 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.
- Record
EUVD-2025-23731- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5v6v-jcp2-475c
6.4
The Flex Guten plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ...
The Flex Guten plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘thumbnailHoverEffect’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 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.
- Record
GHSA-5v6v-jcp2-475c- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
6.4
The Flex Guten plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘thumbnailHoverEffect’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 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.
- Record
CVE-2025-6256- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - 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-2025-6256 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Dragwp Flex Guten – Multile Blocks, published August 6, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca149cc0-b256-41cd-b64d-dd905bd72602?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flex-guten/trunk/build/blocks/dwp-latest-posts/render.php
wordpress.org/plugins/flex-guten
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3340743
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6256
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v6v-jcp2-475c