CVE-2025-8451
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates and Widgets <= 6.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-gallery-items'
CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-gallery-items’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.2 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.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | wpdevteam |
| Product | essential addons for elementor – popular elementor templates & widgets |
| Published | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 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 ≤ 6.2.2
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4917652a-1c83-4570-98c5-1a34e637814e?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/trunk/assets/front-end/js/view/filterable-gallery.js plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3344071/
Credits
Craig Smith