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CVE-2020-8426

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Elementor plugin before 2.8.5 for WordPress suffers from a reflected XSS vulnerability on the elementor-system-info page. These can be exploited by targeting an authenticated user.

Affected products

• Elementor Website Builder: before 2.8.5 — fixed in 2.8.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elementor Website Builder 2.8.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.impenetrable.tech/xss-in-wordpress-elementor-plugin
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10051
• https://blog.impenetrable.tech/xss-in-wordpress-elementor-plugin
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10051

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