What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor – Easy Grid, Creative Gallery, Drag and Drop Grid, Custom Grid Layout, Portfolio Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via URLs in all widgets in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.7 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
Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to 1.6.7. 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 sensitive data. The vulnerability affects the plugin's gallery and grid layout features.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected gallery content.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Visitors to pages with affected galleries may have their sessions hijacked or credentials stolen by injected malicious code.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege account (e.g., contributor or subscriber) on the WordPress site.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
July 22, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
