CVE-2025-68872 HIGH

CVE-2025-68872: WordPress Eli's WordCents adSense Widget with Analytics plugin <= 1.3.03.27 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Eli

Product Eli's WordCents adSense Widget with Analytics

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published June 15, 2026

Last update June 15, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.1/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Eli's WordCents adSense Widget with Analytics <= 1.3.03.27 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Eli's WordCents adSense Widget with Analytics versions up to 1.3.03.27 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An attacker can inject malicious scripts that execute in visitors' browsers when they view pages containing the widget. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect multiple users across the site. Update to a version newer than 1.3.03.27 to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in visitors' browsers when they view affected pages.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Visitors' browsers can be compromised; their session cookies, form data, or credentials may be stolen.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Visitor must view a page containing the vulnerable widget; attacker needs network access to inject the payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 15, 2026 CVE published

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68872 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2025-68872

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 7.1 / HIGH

Affected versions