CVE-2025-8212: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in nicheaddons Medical Addon for Elementor
The Medical Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Typewriter widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-8212 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Medical Addon for Elementor WordPress plugin, specifically in the Typewriter widget. The flaw is due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts execute in the context of any user who accesses the injected page. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to and including 1.6.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, privileges required at low level, no user interaction, and impacts confidentiality and integrity with no impact on availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated contributor or higher to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the affected site. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, or other malicious actions impacting confidentiality and integrity of the site and its users. Availability is not affected. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or avoiding use of the Typewriter widget. Monitor for updates from nicheaddons regarding a security patch.
CVE-2025-8212: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in nicheaddons Medical Addon for Elementor
Description
The Medical Addon for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Typewriter widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4 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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-8212 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Medical Addon for Elementor WordPress plugin, specifically in the Typewriter widget. The flaw is due to improper neutralization of input during web page generation, allowing authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts execute in the context of any user who accesses the injected page. The vulnerability affects all plugin versions up to and including 1.6.4. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates network attack vector, low attack complexity, privileges required at low level, no user interaction, and impacts confidentiality and integrity with no impact on availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated contributor or higher to inject and execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the affected site. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, or other malicious actions impacting confidentiality and integrity of the site and its users. Availability is not affected. No known exploits have been reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or avoiding use of the Typewriter widget. Monitor for updates from nicheaddons regarding a security patch.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-07-25T19:22:24.558Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 688dbf27ad5a09ad00d1fb06
Added to database: 8/2/2025, 7:32:55 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 6:00:10 PM
Last updated: 4/14/2026, 12:26:03 AM
Views: 147
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