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5.4

Qi Blocks WordPress Plugin: Malicious Code Injection Risk

CVE-2025-1626 · published 1 year ago
Summary

The Qi Blocks plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a type of cyber attack that allows attackers to inject malicious code into web pages. This is a risk for websites using the plugin with contributor-level user permissions or higher. To protect your site, update the Qi Blocks plugin to version 1.4 or later.

What to do
  • Update qodeinteractive qi_blocks to version 1.4 or later.
Affected software
VendorProductAffected versions
qodeinteractive qi_blocks < 1.4
cpe:2.3:a:qodeinteractive:qi_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Original advisory text
The Qi Blocks WordPress plugin before 1.4 does not validate and escape some of its Countdown block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow use...
The Qi Blocks WordPress plugin before 1.4 does not validate and escape some of its Countdown block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
References
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit
  • Gives an attacker partial control
Severity
5.4 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-79Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Timeline
Published19 May 2025
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen7 Mar 2026
Sources
CVE-2025-1626 · NVD
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