Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Royal Addons for Elementor by WordPress
CVE-2026-5162

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Royal Addons For Elementor – Addons And Templates Kit For Elementor
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 April 2026

What is CVE-2026-5162?

The Royal Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Instagram Feed widget's 'instagram_follow_text' setting. This flaw allows authenticated users, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject malicious web scripts. These scripts can be executed in the context of users accessing the affected pages, potentially leading to unauthorized actions and data breaches.

Affected Version(s)

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 0 <= 1.7.1056

References

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

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

Justin Nam
.