Niche Hero | Beautifully-designed blocks in seconds <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'spacing' Shortcode Attribute

2026-01-06 20:35
zakaria

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The Niche Hero | Beautifully-designed blocks in seconds plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'spacing' parameter of the nh_row shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement. --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

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