The Royal Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Instagram Feed widget's 'instagram_follow_text' setting in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1056 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE-2026-5162 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor. It affects Versions up to 1.7.1056 and is fixed in 1.7.1057.
CVE-2026-5162 is tracked for the Plugin Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions up to 1.7.1056. Update Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor to 1.7.1057 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
royal-elementor-addons
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-5162 |
| Patched Versions |
1.7.1057
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.7.1056
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.78 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Royal Addons for Elementor <= 1.7.1049 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload via main.php Upload Bypass
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.94 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload
Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.55 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Royal Elementor Addons <=1.3.55 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion
Royal Elementor Addons <=1.3.55 - Missing Authorization to Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Creation
Royal Addons for Elementor <= 1.7.1056 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Caption Field
Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.7.1049 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via REST API Meta Bypass
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