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CVE-2024-8440

MEDIUM 5.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
September 11, 2024
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets Plugin · essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 6.0.3
    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

  • wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets — Up to and including 6.0.3
  • wpdeveloper essential_addons_for_elementor — Before 6.0.4

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/trunk/includes/Elements/Fancy_Text.php#L114 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3148624/ Patch
  • wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/#developers Release Notes
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5960396-5320-4978-aa82-2e33700daa43?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record