What is CVE-2026-85016?

CVE-2026-85016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unlimited Elements For Elementor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-02.

How severe is CVE-2026-85016?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Unlimited Elements For Elementor

CVE-2026-85016

The Unlimited Elements for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.21 does not escape an icon value before concatenating it into an HTML attribute in its shared widget-parameter processor, allowing users with Contributor access (who do not hold unfiltered_html) to store a payload that executes when the page is rendered.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-02 · last modified 2026-10-02.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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

Unlimited Elements For Elementor

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1d488c84-2797-4c02-8c13-54b80e4128dc/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-85016?: CVE-2026-85016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unlimited Elements For Elementor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-85016?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.