# CVE-2020-36703: Elementor Website Builder <= 2.9.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts via SVG uploads, leading to script execution in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vm89-qhc8-q63h

## What is CVE-2020-36703?

CVE-2020-36703 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder, published on 7 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG image uploads in versions up to, and including 2.9.7 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the upload_files capability to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the page with the stored web scripts.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36703?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elementor Website Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-36703?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36703 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36703 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder

- [CVE-2023-48777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48777/): WordPress Elementor plugin 3.3.0-3.18.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-7109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7109/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-1329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1329/): Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-24934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24934/): WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.19.0 - Arbitrary File Deletion and Phar Deserialization vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-0329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0329/): Elementor Website Builder < 3.12.2 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36703 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36703 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder, published on 7 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36703 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36703/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36703/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36703
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36703
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36703

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36703/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.