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CVE-2025-9082: WPBITS Addons For Elementor <= 1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WPBITS Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple widget parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when dynamic content is enabled. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder: through 1.8

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpbits-addons-for-elementor/trunk/includes/widgets/image_compare.php#L607
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpbits-addons-for-elementor/trunk/includes/widgets/text_rotator.php#L369
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpbits-addons-for-elementor/trunk/includes/widgets/tooltip.php#L860
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3442812%40wpbits-addons-for-elementor&new=3442812%40wpbits-addons-for-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/99b47856-502e-4e9d-b0ea-62c57509b46a?source=cve

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