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.

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References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
João Pedro Soares de Alcântara
Verified
No

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)

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