What is CVE-2026-81812?

CVE-2026-81812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-81812?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Elementor Website Builder

CVE-2026-81812

The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 4.3.5 does not sanitize uploaded SVG files on every upload route, allowing users with the Author role and above to upload a file containing JavaScript, which will run in the browser of any user who opens it. Exploitation requires unfiltered file uploads to be enabled in the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 4.3.5 settings, which is not the default.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-21 · last modified 2026-10-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Elementor Website Builder

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/ba550282-d354-4d39-95c6-c4820a91f270/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-81812?: CVE-2026-81812 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-81812?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.