Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2026· Updated Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-12231
CVE-2026-12231
Description
The Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘ exad_infobox_image’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8 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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=2.7.9.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583929/nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b9d66db-53a8-4d93-9222-6f9649a7d842nvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 3, 2026 to August 9, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 14, 2026
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 27, 2026 to August 2, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 8, 2026