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CVE-2024-4626: JetWidgets For Elementor <= 1.0.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via layout_type and id Parameters

• 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: 2024-06-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The JetWidgets For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘layout_type’ and 'id' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.17 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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

• jetmonsters JetWidgets For Elementor: before 1.0.18 — fixed in 1.0.18

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: jetmonsters JetWidgets For Elementor 1.0.18. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3103042/jetwidgets-for-elementor/tags/1.0.18/includes/addons/jet-widgets-image-comparison.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3103042/jetwidgets-for-elementor/tags/1.0.18/includes/addons/jet-widgets-images-layout.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4457d15e-2c01-498d-b94a-a6e93adcf70c?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3103042/jetwidgets-for-elementor/tags/1.0.18/includes/addons/jet-widgets-image-comparison.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3103042/jetwidgets-for-elementor/tags/1.0.18/includes/addons/jet-widgets-images-layout.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4457d15e-2c01-498d-b94a-a6e93adcf70c?source=cve

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