WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
The Plus Addons for Elementor < 6.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'carousel_direction' Parameter
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.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
João Pedro Soares de Alcântara
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-05-28 (about 4 months ago)
Added
2026-05-28 (about 4 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-29 (about 4 months ago)