What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Live Photos on WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'video_src', 'img_src', and 'class' parameters in the livephotos_photo shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. 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 when a user accesses an injected page.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The Live Photos plugin for WordPress contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions 0.1 and earlier. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other site visitors, potentially compromising their sessions or stealing sensitive data. The vulnerability affects the entire site scope due to how the plugin processes and displays user-supplied content.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious JavaScript that runs in other users' browsers when they view affected pages.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Visitors and administrators may have their sessions hijacked, credentials stolen, or be redirected to malicious sites.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a WordPress user account with low-level privileges (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
November 11, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
