Description
The WOW Entrance Effects (WEE!) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wee' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1 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.
Published: 2025-02-28
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The WOW Entrance Effects (WEE!) WordPress plugin contains a stored cross‑site scripting flaw. A contributor‑level or higher authenticated user can inject arbitrary JavaScript through the plugin’s ‘wee’ shortcode by supplying malicious attributes that are neither sanitized nor escaped. The injected scripts run under the context of any visitor who loads the affected page, enabling credential theft, defacement, or further exploitation of the site. This vulnerability is solely exploitable by authenticated users with contributor permissions or higher, and requires that the attacker be able to add or modify content that contains the shortcode.

Affected Systems

The flaw exists in all releases of WOW Entrance Effects (WEE!) up to and including version 0.1, distributed by the vendor darkosxrc. WordPress sites that have installed this plugin and have at least contributor‑level accounts are affected.

Risk and Exploitability

With a CVSS score of 6.4 the vulnerability is of moderate severity. The EPSS score is below 1 %, suggesting that exploit activity has historically been rare, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. Nonetheless, once an account with contributor or higher privileges is compromised, an attacker can inject persistent scripts that execute whenever a page containing the shortcode is viewed. The attack vector is authenticated via normal WordPress usage, leveraging the plugin’s shortcode processing.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 21, 2026 at 22:12 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update WOW Entrance Effects to the latest release that resolves the XSS issue.
  • If an update is not immediately available, disable the plugin or restrict the ‘wee’ shortcode to administrator users only.
  • As an interim defensive measure, employ WordPress’s wp_kses or a similar sanitisation function to cleanse shortcode attributes before rendering the content.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 21, 2026 at 22:12 UTC.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-5505 The WOW Entrance Effects (WEE!) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wee' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1 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.
History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 28 Feb 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WOW Entrance Effects (WEE!) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'wee' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1 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.
Title WOW Entrance Effects (WEE!) <= 0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:48:51.815Z

Reserved: 2025-02-21T16:35:58.320Z

Link: CVE-2025-1560

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Updated: 2025-02-28T13:54:06.837Z

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Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-28T09:15:12.040

Modified: 2025-02-28T09:15:12.040

Link: CVE-2025-1560

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-21T22:15:45Z

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