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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Contributor authentication gates exploitation (PR:L); stored payload auto-executes on page load requiring no victim action (UI:N) and crosses into victim browser scope (S:C); no availability impact warranted.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
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The Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post title parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.
AnalysisAI
Stored XSS in the Exclusive Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 2.7.9.8) allows authenticated Contributor-level users to permanently inject arbitrary JavaScript via the post title parameter in the post-duplicator extension. The CVSS Scope:Changed metric reflects that injected payloads execute in the browser contexts of other users - including administrators - who visit affected pages, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, or unauthorized administrative actions. No public exploit code has been identified and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV at time of analysis.
Technical ContextAI
The vulnerability is rooted in the post-duplicator extension of the Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin, developed by Tim Strifler, as identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:timstrifler:exclusive_addons_for_elementor. The vulnerable code paths are confirmed at extensions/post-duplicator.php lines 19 and 34 in the 2.7.9.8 plugin release tag on the WordPress plugin trac. CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) indicates the root cause is a dual failure: the post title parameter is neither sanitized on input before being persisted to the database nor escaped on output when rendered to visitors. Because WordPress's Contributor role permits post creation and duplication, the unsanitized value is stored permanently and served to any subsequent page visitor, making this a persistent (stored) rather than reflected XSS variant.
RemediationAI
Update Exclusive Addons for Elementor to a version beyond 2.7.9.8 once a patched release is confirmed available in the WordPress plugin repository. No specific patched version number is independently confirmed from the provided data - verify the current fixed release via the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/690fd38c-0e12-45f3-9055-51252e4809b1 or the WordPress.org plugin page before upgrading. As an interim compensating control, restrict Contributor-level role assignment to only fully trusted and verified users, since exploitation is gated on that access level; removing untrusted Contributors eliminates the attack vector without disabling the plugin. If the post-duplicator feature is not operationally required, consider disabling or restricting access to that extension specifically. Administrators should also audit existing duplicated posts for anomalous script content in post titles.
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EUVD-2026-41975
GHSA-8jc9-q52q-8p76