posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.4.11 on WordPress Navigation Menu Lite Widget menu_hover_click cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.4.11 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Navigation Menu Lite Widget. The manipulation of the argument menu_hover_click leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-5243. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 6.4.11 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Navigation Menu Lite Widget. The manipulation of the argument menu_hover_click with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via the `menu_hover_click` parameter of the Navigation Menu Lite widget in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.11 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.

The weakness was published by daroo. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-5243 since 03/31/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.4.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: The Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin 6.4.11

Timelineinfo

03/31/2026 CVE reserved
05/14/2026 +44 days Advisory disclosed
05/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: daroo
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-5243 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-5243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-363815

Entryinfo

Created: 05/14/2026 08:45
Changes: 05/14/2026 08:45 (68)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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