What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Magical Posts Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'mpac_title_tag' parameter in the Magical Posts Accordion widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.54 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied HTML tag names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-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 Magical Posts Display plugin for Elementor contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 1.2.54. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts into post content that execute in the browsers of other site visitors. The vulnerability affects the scope beyond the vulnerable component, potentially compromising site security and visitor data.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected posts.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Visitors to your site may have their sessions hijacked, credentials stolen, or be redirected to malicious sites.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege authenticated account (e.g., contributor or author role).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
December 12, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
