CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-6127
The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the _elementor_data meta field in versions up to, and including, 4.0.4. This is due to insufficient input sanitization when processing form-encoded REST API requests. The plugin registers the _elementor_data meta field with show_in_rest but omits a sanitize_callback, relying instead on a rest_pre_insert_post filter (sanitize_post_data function) that only sanitizes JSON-encoded request bodies. When
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder","vendor":"elemntor","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"4.0.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
8 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elementor/tags/4.0.1/includes/base/widget-base.php#L794"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elementor/tags/4.0.1/includes/plugin.php#L840"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elementor/tags/4.0.1/modules/wp-rest/classes/elementor-post-meta.php#L68"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elementor/trunk/includes/base/widget-base.php#L794"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elementor/trunk/includes/plugin.php#L840"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1bd9a1e25747b916d8f25aace1b291a0989cb69dd3f0ca9d3a9b13246a125dd7 · sha256:ea3bcaa7ebaeaf37… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elementor/trunk/modules/wp-rest/classes/elementor-post-meta.php#L68"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1bd9a1e25747b916d8f25aace1b291a0989cb69dd3f0ca9d3a9b13246a125dd7 · sha256:ea3bcaa7ebaeaf37… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3519457/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1bd9a1e25747b916d8f25aace1b291a0989cb69dd3f0ca9d3a9b13246a125dd7 · sha256:ea3bcaa7ebaeaf37… · /containers/cna/references/7
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/826a2003-c526-4760-8c21-10d5ae7bb384?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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