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CVE-2026-9243: The Plus Addons for Elementor <= 6.4.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'carousel_direction' Parameter

• 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: 2026-05-29 · updated 2026-07-21
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'carousel_direction' parameter of the Carousel Anything widget in versions up to, and including, 6.4.15 This is due to insufficient output escaping in the render() function, where the carousel_direction value is placed into an unquoted HTML attribute (dir=) allowing attribute injection despite the use of esc_attr(). 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

• posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce: through 6.4.15

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.php#L1143
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.php#L1187
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fthe-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15&new_path=%2Fthe-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.16
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/699e41ad-1991-4100-9ef2-caea7743e45b?source=cve

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