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CVE-2024-2539: Elementor Addons by Livemesh <= 8.3.6 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via widget _id attribute

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Elementor Addons by Livemesh plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via widget '_id' attributes in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.6 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 products

• Livemesh Addons by Elementor: before 8.3.7 — fixed in 8.3.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Livemesh Addons by Elementor 8.3.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3065560/addons-for-elementor/trunk/templates/addons/marquee-text/content.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52d79cdd-739f-4ae9-9214-bc64ca7d8ecb?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3065560/addons-for-elementor/trunk/templates/addons/marquee-text/content.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52d79cdd-739f-4ae9-9214-bc64ca7d8ecb?source=cve

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