CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-9243
The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'carousel_direction' parameter of the Carousel Anything widget in versions up to, and including, 6.4.15 This is due to insufficient output escaping in the render() function, where the carousel_direction value is placed into an unquoted HTML attribute (dir=) allowing attribute injection despite the use of esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level acc
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce","vendor":"posimyththemes","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"6.4.15","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cf8eedb5278d997b1675bf21b8f1938b74be1c22916eb2e521f13df614080c9c · sha256:864f9e2730cd566e… · /containers/cna/affected/0
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"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cf8eedb5278d997b1675bf21b8f1938b74be1c22916eb2e521f13df614080c9c · sha256:864f9e2730cd566e… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
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"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cf8eedb5278d997b1675bf21b8f1938b74be1c22916eb2e521f13df614080c9c · sha256:864f9e2730cd566e… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.php#L1143"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cf8eedb5278d997b1675bf21b8f1938b74be1c22916eb2e521f13df614080c9c · sha256:864f9e2730cd566e… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.php#L1187"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cf8eedb5278d997b1675bf21b8f1938b74be1c22916eb2e521f13df614080c9c · sha256:864f9e2730cd566e… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fthe-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15&new_path=%2Fthe-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.16"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cf8eedb5278d997b1675bf21b8f1938b74be1c22916eb2e521f13df614080c9c · sha256:864f9e2730cd566e… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/699e41ad-1991-4100-9ef2-caea7743e45b?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cf8eedb5278d997b1675bf21b8f1938b74be1c22916eb2e521f13df614080c9c · sha256:864f9e2730cd566e… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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