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CVE-2026-12231: Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.7.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'exad_infobox_image'

• 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: 2026-08-02 · updated 2026-08-12
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘ exad_infobox_image’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor: through 2.7.9.8

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.php#L1019-L1095
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.php#L1082
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.php#L975
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583929/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b9d66db-53a8-4d93-9222-6f9649a7d842?source=cve

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