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CVE-2020-13865

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Elementor Page Builder plugin before 2.9.9 for WordPress suffers from multiple stored XSS vulnerabilities. An author user can create posts that result in stored XSS vulnerabilities, by using a crafted link in the custom URL or by applying custom attributes.

Affected products

• Elementor Page Builder: before 2.9.9 — fixed in 2.9.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elementor Page Builder 2.9.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.softwaresecured.com/elementor-page-builder-stored-xss/
• https://www.softwaresecured.com/elementor-page-builder-stored-xss/

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