What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Blog, Posts and Category Filter for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Post and Category Filter widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied 'post_types' attribute. 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
The Blog, Posts and Category Filter for Elementor plugin through version 1.0.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browsers of other site visitors, potentially compromising their sessions or stealing data. The vulnerability affects the plugin's core filtering functionality.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view filtered content.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Visitors to pages using the filter may have their sessions hijacked or personal data stolen by injected scripts.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege authenticated account (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
July 9, 2024
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
