{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18405 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18405 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-18405 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in jegtheme Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets \u0026 Templates for WordPress, published on 18 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-18405 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-18405 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in jegtheme Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets \u0026 Templates for WordPress, published on 18 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18405 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: jegtheme Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets \u0026 Templates for WordPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18405/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18405/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-18405","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18405/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-18405","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9vc8-8x69-mwph"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via comments in WordPress sites using Jeg Kit for Elementor, leading to potential session hijacking or malicious actions.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"The Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets \u0026 Templates for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires that the targeted post also renders a legitimate Jeg Kit Countdown widget, which causes the countdown frontend script to be enqueued and to initialize on any matching DOM element — including forged widget markup stored in comments.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Jeg Kit for Elementor \u003c= 3.2.16 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content","id":"CVE-2026-18405","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":11,"next":{"headline":"SureForms \u003c= 2.12.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Text Field Entity-Encoded Payload","id":"CVE-2026-18406"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button","id":"CVE-2026-18404"},"products":["Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets \u0026 Templates for WordPress"],"published":"2026-09-18","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-18","vendors":["jegtheme"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via comments in WordPress sites using Jeg Kit for Elementor, leading to potential session hijacking or malicious actions.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-18405/"}