Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published May 29, 2026· Updated May 29, 2026
CVE-2026-9243
CVE-2026-9243
Description
The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'carousel_direction' parameter of the Carousel Anything widget in versions up to, and including, 6.4.15 This is due to insufficient output escaping in the render() function, where the carousel_direction value is placed into an unquoted HTML attribute (dir=) allowing attribute injection despite the use of esc_attr(). 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: <=6.4.15
- Range: <=6.4.15
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/6.4.15/modules/widgets/tp_carousel_anything.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/699e41ad-1991-4100-9ef2-caea7743e45bnvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 25, 2026 to May 31, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jun 4, 2026
- WordPress Plugin Batch: 25 CVEs Across 20+ Plugins Disclosed in Late May 2026Vypr Intelligence · May 31, 2026