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6.4
DevVN Image Hotspot Plugin for WordPress allows hackers to inject malicious scripts
CVE-2025-14445
Summary
Attackers can inject malicious scripts into WordPress pages if they have author access or higher. This can happen when a user accesses a page with the injected script. It's recommended to update to the latest version of the plugin to fix this issue.
Original title
The Image Hotspot by DevVN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'hotspot_content' custom field meta in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9 due to insuffici...
Original description
The Image Hotspot by DevVN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'hotspot_content' custom field meta in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
nvd CVSS3.1
6.4
Vulnerability type
CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Published: 19 Feb 2026 · Updated: 11 Mar 2026 · First seen: 6 Mar 2026