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CVE-2024-0837: Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Free Template Library, Grid, Carousel, Table, Parallax Animation, Register Form, Twitter Grid) <= 5.3.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Custom Gallery' Widget

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Free Template Library, Grid, Carousel, Table, Parallax Animation, Register Form, Twitter Grid) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the image URL parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

• bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor: before 5.3.3 — fixed in 5.3.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor 5.3.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3045497/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/custom-gallery/widgets/custom-gallery.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a54c2a89-4297-48f5-bbff-e5c20c26a632?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3045497/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/custom-gallery/widgets/custom-gallery.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a54c2a89-4297-48f5-bbff-e5c20c26a632?source=cve

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