What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Form Builder widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.974 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
Royal Addons for Elementor contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 1.3.974. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other site visitors, including administrators. The vulnerability requires user interaction to trigger. Scope is changed, meaning the impact extends beyond the vulnerable component itself.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected pages.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Authenticated users can inject code that steals admin sessions, modifies site content, or redirects visitors to malicious sites.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must be logged in with low-level user privileges and the victim must visit a page containing the injected payload.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
May 16, 2024
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
