CVE-2024-8440
Essential Addons for Elementor -- Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 6.0.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Fancy Text Widget
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Fancy Text widget in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | wpdevteam |
| Product | essential addons for elementor – popular elementor templates & widgets |
| Published | Sep 11, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
wpdevteam / Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
0 ≤ 6.0.3
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5960396-5320-4978-aa82-2e33700daa43?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/trunk/includes/Elements/Fancy_Text.php#L114 wordpress.org: https://wordpress.org/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/#developers plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3148624/
Credits
Robert DeVore