What the vulnerability does
01Description
The The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘video_color’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.0 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.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The Plus Addons for Elementor contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 5.6.0. 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 functionality and impacts all users viewing affected pages.
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
Visitors to your site may have their sessions hijacked or personal data stolen via malicious scripts injected by low-privilege users.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege authenticated account (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
June 27, 2024
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
