Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.5.9 on WordPress Info Box Widget cross site scripting
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Summary
A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.5.9 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function of the component Info Box Widget. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-1512. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.
Details
A vulnerability has been found in Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.5.9 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Info Box Widget. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Info Box widget in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-1512. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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Product
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Version
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9
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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
02/13/2026 Advisory disclosed02/13/2026 VulDB entry created
02/19/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Advisory: wordfence.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2026-1512 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-1512
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345991
Entry
Created: 02/13/2026 23:32Updated: 02/19/2026 05:26
Changes: 02/13/2026 23:32 (51), 02/14/2026 16:15 (12), 02/19/2026 05:26 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103
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