CVE-2026-18742 PUBLISHED

Flatsome <= 3.20.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 03.08.2026 Published: 14.11.2026 Updated: 14.11.2026

The Flatsome theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block in all versions up to, and including, 3.20.12 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. The payload survives server-side sanitization because wp_kses_post permits data-* attributes globally via _wp_add_global_attributes, allowing attacker-controlled values in data-text-sec, data-title, and title attributes to persist in saved post content and be later interpreted as HTML by the ux-countdown, scroll-to, and lightbox-gallery JavaScript behaviors.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor UX-themes
Product Flatsome
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.20.12 (incl.)

Credits

  • Webbernaut finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation CWE