blazethemes News Kit Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 1.4.6 on WordPress Author Box Widget cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in blazethemes News Kit Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 1.4.6. This affects an unknown function of the component Author Box Widget. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-11390. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in blazethemes News Kit Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 1.4.6. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Author 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. CVE summarizes:

The News Kit Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Site Logo Title and Single Author Box Widgets in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.6 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. Exploitation requires an attacker to intercept and modify the elementor_ajax AJAX save request in order to bypass the client-side SELECT control restrictions and submit arbitrary tag-name values.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-11390 since 06/05/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

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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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

06/05/2026 CVE reserved
07/14/2026 +39 days Advisory disclosed
07/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/14/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-11390 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-11390
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-378232

Entryinfo

Created: 07/14/2026 04:32
Changes: 07/14/2026 04:32 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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