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CVE-2022-0683

MEDIUM 6.1 CVSS 3.1
Published
February 24, 2022
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the settings parameter found in the ~/includes/Traits/Helper.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 5.0.8.

Affected WordPress components

  • Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets Plugin · essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
    Confirmed match Active
    From 5.0.8 (including) to 5.0.8 (including)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Essential Addons for Elementor Lite Essential Addons for Elementor Lite — From 5.0.8 (including) to 5.0.8 (including)
  • wpdeveloper essential_addons_for_elementor — Up to and including 5.0.8

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2680585%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&new=2680585%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0683 Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record