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The Plus Addons EUVDEUVD-2026-89881

| CVE-2026-96829 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-09-30 Patchstack GHSA-7hvp-mxw4-3m9r
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain Contributor account
  2. Delivery
    Inject XSS payload into Elementor widget field
  3. Exploit
    Await admin/editor preview (UI:R)
  4. Execution
    Script executes in victim browser session
  5. Impact
    Hijack session or forge privileged actions

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated WordPress account with at least Contributor role (PR:L) on a site running The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite version 6.5.1 or earlier. Exploitation also requires user interaction (UI:R): a higher-privileged user must view or render the attacker-injected content for the script to fire. Limiting factors: the plugin must be installed and active, the attacker must already hold a low-privilege editorial account (not open registration on most hardened sites), and the payload only yields impact when a victim renders it - there is no unauthenticated or automatic trigger.

Impact

This is a moderate, real-world-low-priority issue. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L) is driven primarily by the scope change (S:C) inherent to stored/reflected XSS in a browser context, not by severe raw impact - confidentiality, integrity, and availability are all rated Low. The vector requires an authenticated Contributor-level account (PR:L) plus victim interaction (UI:R), which meaningfully narrows the practical attack surface: an adversary must already possess a low-privilege editorial account on the target WordPress site and must lure a higher-privileged user (e.g., editor/admin) into rendering the malicious content. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public proof-of-concept were provided in the intelligence set, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. This is a typical Patchstack-catalogued contributor-XSS finding - genuine and worth patching, but it is a high-CVSS-relative-to-real-risk case rather than an urgent, mass-exploitable threat. No conflicting signals were found in the data; the CVSS vector is internally consistent with a Contributor XSS.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who has registered or obtained a Contributor account on a WordPress site running The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite <= 6.5.1 injects a malicious script payload into an Elementor widget field or post content that the plugin fails to sanitize. When an administrator or editor later previews or opens that content in wp-admin, the script executes in their authenticated browser session, enabling session hijacking or admin-action forgery. No public PoC is referenced, and success depends on the victim viewing the attacker-controlled content.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026

Cross-site scripting in The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite (versions up to and including 6.5.1) lets an authenticated user holding Contributor-level access on a WordPress site inject script that executes when a higher-privileged user views the affected content. Exploitation is not automatic: it requires the victim to render the injected content (UI:R), so the practical impact is script execution in the victim's browser session - session or token theft, content manipulation, or actions taken as the victim - rather than direct server compromise. Scoring CVSS 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), this is a moderate, real-world-low-priority issue, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation (not listed in CISA KEV) was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch version is specified in the available data, so the primary action is to confirm the currently installed version of The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite and - if it is 6.5.1 or earlier - upgrade to the newest release published by Posimyth, checking the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/vulnerability/wordpress-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder-lite-plugin-6-5-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for the exact fixed version before assuming a given release is clean. If upgrading must be deferred, compensating controls are available: temporarily deactivate the plugin if its widgets are not in active editorial use (side effect: pages built with those widgets will lose their rendered output), audit and restrict Contributor-role accounts and downgrade or remove any not strictly needed (side effect: reduced editorial capacity, but it removes the PR:L precondition entirely), and review recent Contributor-submitted content for injected markup. A WAF or virtual-patching rule targeting script injection in the plugin's widget/parameter endpoints can provide interim coverage, but such rules are signature-dependent and prone to bypass, and they do not clean any payload already stored - the stored content must still be identified and removed. Note also that the requirement for victim interaction (UI:R) means the fastest risk reduction is preventing higher-privileged users from previewing untrusted Contributor content until the plugin is updated.

Affected VersionsENISA

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite n/a ≤6.5.1

Affected Packages

euvd the_plus_addons_for_elementor_page_builder_lite no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability is a CWE-79 improper neutralization of input during web page generation (cross-site scripting) in a WordPress plugin - The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite, published by Posimyth - which extends the Elementor page builder with additional widgets and blocks. Because the extension accepts Contributor-supplied input and renders it without adequate escaping or sanitization, a low-privileged editorial user can persist markup that a higher-privileged user later renders; the scope-changed (S:C) component of the CVSS vector reflects that the script executes in the security context of the victim rather than the injecting user. The CVSS vector (PR:L, UI:R) confirms the attacker must already be authenticated to the target site and that the victim must interact with the crafted content, so this is not a drive-by or unauthenticated vector. The supplied CPE, cpe:2.3:a:posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor_page_builder_lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, identifies the single affected package, but uses a wildcard that does not itself pin a version bound; the affected ceiling of 6.5.1 is taken from the advisory description.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Patchstack) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Contributor account needed (PR:L), victim must render content (UI:R), XSS crosses into browser security context (S:C) with limited C/I/A impact typical of stored XSS.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite <= 6.5.1 versions.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular Elementor add-on plugin on WordPress, but Lite tier and single-plugin scope
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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