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CVE-2024-5152: ElementsReady Addons for Elementor <= 6.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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

Description

The ElementsReady Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘_id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0 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

• quomodosoft ElementsReady Addons for Elementor: before 6.2.0 — fixed in 6.2.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: quomodosoft ElementsReady Addons for Elementor 6.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/element-ready-lite/trunk/inc/Widgets/info_box/Element_Ready_Info_Box_Widget.php#L742
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3105256/element-ready-lite/trunk/inc/Widgets/info_box/Element_Ready_Info_Box_Widget.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2cffdc3-bd74-42ab-befd-8a396c5d990d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/element-ready-lite/trunk/inc/Widgets/info_box/Element_Ready_Info_Box_Widget.php#L742
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2cffdc3-bd74-42ab-befd-8a396c5d990d?source=cve

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