Cross-site scripting in smub aThemes Addons for Elementor
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The aThemes Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title_tag' Widget Setting in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8 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. This affects the Posts Timeline widget as well as the Posts Carousel widget across its default, Banner, and Modern skins, all of which omit the whitelist validation that is correctly applied in the Posts List widget.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-8613
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-796w-m2r4-c726
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e7aed9e-1b56-4ce6-b338-1d9ab80594c3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.8/inc/modules/widgets/posts-timeline/class-posts-timeline.php#L1351
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.8/inc/modules/widgets/posts-carousel/class-posts-carousel.php#L1413
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.8/inc/modules/widgets/posts-carousel/skins/class-posts-carousel-banner.php#L226
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.8/inc/modules/widgets/posts-carousel/skins/class-posts-carousel-modern.php#L208
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.8/inc/functions.php#L1375
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.8&new_path=/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.9
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/athemes-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/1.1.9/inc/functions.php#L1374
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- TI-2026-78567 PHP object injection in Duplicator and Duplicator Pro plugins CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-01649 ExactMetrics 8.6.0 - 9.0.2 - Authenticated (Custom) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Plugin Installation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-01160 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery <= 4.0.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-12465 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery <= 3.59.12 - Authenticated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-8613 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-8613 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-796w-m2r4-c726 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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