CVE-2022-4256: All-in-One Addons for Elementor - WidgetKit < 2.4.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The All-in-One Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Affected products

shamsbd71 All-in-One Addons for Elementor – WidgetKit: before 2.4.4 — fixed in 2.4.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: shamsbd71 All-in-One Addons for Elementor – WidgetKit 2.4.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5b17c68-c2b0-4d0d-bb7b-19dc30511a89
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5b17c68-c2b0-4d0d-bb7b-19dc30511a89

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