What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Card Elements for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Profile Card widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.6 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.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Card Elements for Elementor versions up to 1.2.6 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts into card elements that execute in the browsers of other site visitors. The vulnerability affects the scope beyond the vulnerable component, potentially compromising site security and user data.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected card elements.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Visitors to pages with affected card elements may have their sessions hijacked, credentials stolen, or be redirected to malicious sites.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must be logged in with low-level user privileges; no user interaction required from victims.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
February 27, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
