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CVE-2020-36703: Elementor Website Builder <= 2.9.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG image uploads in versions up to, and including 2.9.7 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the upload_files capability to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the page with the stored web scripts.

Affected products

• Elementor Website Builder: through 2.9.7

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-elementor-plugin-fixed-svg-xss-protection-bypass-vulnerability/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42db52ae-f881-4082-b475-8577a28641c6?source=cve
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-elementor-plugin-fixed-svg-xss-protection-bypass-vulnerability/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42db52ae-f881-4082-b475-8577a28641c6?source=cve

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