WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-5428 Deferred

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor: Cross-site scripting

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor is affected by cross-site scripting. Exploitation requires at least author-level access. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed. The published affected range is <= 1.7.1056.

CVE / CNA score 6.4 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
Plugin slug
royal-elementor-addons
Affected
<= 1.7.1056
Safe version
> 1.7.1056
Published
Apr 24, 2026
Weakness
CWE-79 — Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

This CVE was published Apr 24, 2026 and is one of 74 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor to a release after 1.7.1056, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image captions in the Image Grid/Slider/Carousel widget in versions up to and including 1.7.1056. This is due to insufficient output escaping in the render_post_thumbnail() function, where wp_kses_post() is used instead of esc_attr() for the alt attribute context. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses a page with the malicious image displayed in the media grid widget.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources