Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Royal Addons for Elementor Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2026-19217

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Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Royal Addons For Elementor
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 August 2026

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👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-19217?

The Royal Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress, prior to version 1.7.1065, contains a vulnerability that fails to adequately validate widget settings when generating HTML outputs. This oversight allows users with Contributor roles or higher to inject malicious scripts, facilitating Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Malicious users could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of affected users, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or user sessions hijacking.

Affected Version(s)

Royal Addons for Elementor 0 < 1.7.1065

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2026-19217 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c27c1dcd-a6d2-4e1d-a9da-...
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Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
WPScan
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