# Elementor <= 4.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG Icon Settings

- **ID:** WPSEC-2026-2417
- **Plugin:** Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder (`elementor`), https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/
- **Affected versions:** all versions before 4.3.6
- **Fixed in:** 4.3.6 (Update to 4.3.6 or later.)
- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
- **Weakness:** CWE-79
- **Usage among sites WPSec scans:** plugin High, affected versions High (as of 2026-11-03)
- **Attack surface analysis:** https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/elementor
- **Fix released:** 2026-11-02
- **Published:** 2026-11-03
- **URL:** https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2417/

## Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG icon control settings in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.5, due to the plugin saving the client-supplied SVG URL of icon controls as-is instead of rebuilding it from a verified SVG attachment. The editor then fetches that URL and inserts the response into the page without sanitizing it. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to point an icon at an attacker-controlled SVG file that runs arbitrary scripts when another user, such as an administrator, opens the affected page in the Elementor editor.

## References

- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2417/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/elementor/tags/4.3.6/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/

Source: WPSec, https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-2417/

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