FKIE_CVE-2026-85016

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-10-02 06:16 - Updated: 2026-10-02 18:00
Severity
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The Unlimited Elements for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.21 does not escape an icon value before concatenating it into an HTML attribute in its shared widget-parameter processor, allowing users with Contributor access (who do not hold unfiltered_html) to store a payload that executes when the page is rendered.
References
contact@wpscan.comhttps://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d488c84-2797-4c02-8c13-54b80e4128dc/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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