Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2022-29424
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 4, 2022
Last Updated December 7, 2022
Researcher Nguy Minh Tuan - Patchstack Alliance

Description

Authenticated (admin or higher user role) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Biplob Adhikari's Image Hover Effects Ultimate plugin <= 9.7.1 at WordPress. Please note that this is separate from CVE-2021-25031.

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Vulnerability Details for Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug image-hover-effects-ultimate (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 9.7.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 9.7.1
Patched Version
  • 9.7.2

Recent vulnerabilities in Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier )

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Multiple Plugins and Themes <= (Various Versions) - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via lightGallery JavaScript Library CVE-2025-5092 6.4 Webbernaut November 19, 2025
2 Image Hover Effects Ultimate 9.8.1 - 9.8.4 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2022-4207 5.5 Dan Shallom December 11, 2022
3 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.1 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary Options Update CVE-2022-42459 7.2 R3N0 October 25, 2022
4 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Title & Description CVE-2022-2937 6.4 Zhouyuan Yang August 31, 2022
5 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Video Link CVE-2022-2936 6.4 Zhouyuan Yang August 31, 2022
6 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Media URL CVE-2022-2935 6.4 Zhouyuan Yang August 31, 2022
7 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.7.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via effects CVE-2021-25031 6.1 Krzysztof Zając December 27, 2021
8 Image Hover Effects Ultimate <= 9.6.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update CVE-2021-36888 9.8 John Castro December 15, 2021

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