Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in PQ Addons Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-1397

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Pq Addons – Creative Elementor Widgets
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 March 2026

What is CVE-2026-1397?

The PQ Addons – Creative Elementor Widgets plugin for WordPress suffers from a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of the html_tag parameter within the PQ Section Title widget. This flaw allows authenticated users, with contributor-level access or higher, to inject malicious scripts into the widget attributes. Once these scripts are injected, they execute when a user visits the affected page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data theft.

Affected Version(s)

PQ Addons – Creative Elementor Widgets 0 <= 1.0.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/peacefulqode-e...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/peacefulqode-e...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Athiwat Tiprasaharn
Itthidej Aramsri
Peerapat Samatathanyakorn
.