# CVE-2026-4655: Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

> Authenticated attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via SVG widgets, leading to code execution when users view affected pages.

- **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:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7gg4-p3gv-m4fh

## What is CVE-2026-4655?

CVE-2026-4655 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 8 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Element Pack Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the SVG Image Widget in versions up to and including 8.4.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on SVG content fetched from remote URLs in the render_svg() function. The function fetches SVG content using wp_safe_remote_get() and then directly echoes it to the page without any sanitization, only applying a preg_replace() to add attributes to the SVG tag which does not remove malicious event handlers. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary JavaScript in SVG files that will execute whenever a user accesses a page containing the malicious widget.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-4655?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-4655?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-4655 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-4655 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-4655 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-4655 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-4655 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 8 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-4655 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor. 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-2026-4655/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4655/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4655
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4655
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-4655

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-4655/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.