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CVE-2021-24351: The Plus Addons for Elementor < 4.1.12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-06-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The theplus_more_post AJAX action of The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.12 did not properly sanitise some of its fields, leading to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (exploitable on both unauthenticated and authenticated users)

Affected products

• posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce: before 4.1.12 — fixed in 4.1.12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce 4.1.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://theplusaddons.com/changelog/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ee62f85-7aea-4b7d-8b2d-5d86d9fb8016
• https://theplusaddons.com/changelog/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ee62f85-7aea-4b7d-8b2d-5d86d9fb8016

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