# CVE-2026-84902: King Addons for Elementor < 51.1.81 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Template Catalog Import

> Contributors can inject JavaScript into arbitrary pages via template import, leading to stored XSS and content modification.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 18 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-49x6-35hm-mhc5

## What is CVE-2026-84902?

CVE-2026-84902 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown King Addons for Elementor, published on 18 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The King Addons for Elementor  WordPress plugin before 51.1.81 does not perform an object-level authorization check when importing template content into a page, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to overwrite the Elementor content of arbitrary posts and pages, including those owned by administrators, and to inject JavaScript through a widget setting that is output without escaping, resulting in Stored Cross-Site Scripting that executes in the session of any user who views the affected page.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84902?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-84902?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-84902 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-84902 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-84902 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-84902 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown King Addons for Elementor, published on 18 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84902 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown King 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-2026-84902/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84902/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-84902
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84902
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-84902

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-84902/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.