livemesh Livemesh Addons by Elementor Plugin up to 9.0 on WordPress AJAX lae_admin_ajax cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in livemesh Livemesh Addons by Elementor Plugin up to 9.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is the function lae_admin_ajax of the component AJAX Handler. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-1572. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in livemesh Livemesh Addons by Elementor Plugin up to 9.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function lae_admin_ajax of the component AJAX Handler. 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 Livemesh Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin settings in all versions up to, and including, 9.0. This is due to missing authorization checks on the AJAX handler `lae_admin_ajax()` and insufficient output escaping on multiple checkbox settings fields. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the plugin settings page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the plugin settings page granted they can obtain a valid nonce, which can be leaked via the plugin's improper access control on settings pages.

The weakness was released by Muhammad Yudha. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-1572 since 01/28/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• livemesh

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• Livemesh Addons by Elementor Plugin

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• 9.0

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