Vulnerability · Published May 29, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-9243The Plus Addons for Elementor <= 6.4.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'carousel_direction' Parameter
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce from posimyththemes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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 access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| posimyththemes | The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce | 0 – through 6.4.15 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/699e41ad-1991-4100-9ef2-caea7743e45b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.php#L1187
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.php#L1143
- 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