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CVE-2024-8742: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

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VulnerabilityCVE-2024-8742cvecve-2024-8742cwe-79
Published: Fri Sep 13 2024 (09/13/2024, 06:47:28 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: wpdevteam
Product: Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Filterable Gallery 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.

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AILast updated: 04/09/2026, 15:17:22 UTC

Technical Analysis

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress suffers from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) in its Filterable Gallery widget due to improper neutralization of user-supplied input. Authenticated users with contributor-level privileges or above can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the context of other users viewing the injected pages. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 6.0.3. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.4, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges at the contributor level, no user interaction, and impacts on confidentiality and integrity but not availability. No patch or vendor advisory is currently provided, and no known exploits have been reported.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation allows an authenticated contributor or higher to inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they access the compromised page. This can lead to information disclosure or integrity issues within the affected WordPress site. There is no impact on availability. The vulnerability requires authenticated access at contributor level or above, limiting the attack surface to users with such privileges.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is available, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or limiting use of the Filterable Gallery widget. Monitor official channels from wpdevteam for updates or patches addressing this vulnerability.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2024-09-11T21:39:16.685Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 699f6b30b7ef31ef0b54f23b

Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:35:44 PM

Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 3:17:22 PM

Last updated: 4/12/2026, 6:13:00 AM

Views: 14

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