Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 17, 2026· Updated Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-5162
CVE-2026-5162
Description
The Royal Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Instagram Feed widget's 'instagram_follow_text' setting in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1056 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
2- Range: <=1.7.1056
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/modules/instagram-feed/widgets/wpr-instagram-feed.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/modules/instagram-feed/widgets/wpr-instagram-feed.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/modules/instagram-feed/widgets/wpr-instagram-feed.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3503219/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/modules/instagram-feed/widgets/wpr-instagram-feed.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16d083bc-d726-4291-bc6d-a7bf83fa78c3nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 13, 2026 to April 19, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 23, 2026