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CVE-2024-5161: Magical Addons For Elementor <= 1.1.39 - 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 Magical Addons For Elementor ( Header Footer Builder, Free Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates Library ) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘_id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.39 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

• nalam-1 Magical Addons For Elementor ( Header Footer Builder, Free Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates Library ): before 1.1.40 — fixed in 1.1.40

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: nalam-1 Magical Addons For Elementor ( Header Footer Builder, Free Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates Library ) 1.1.40. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/magical-addons-for-elementor/trunk/includes/widgets/advance-skill-bars.php#L502
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3098054%40magical-addons-for-elementor&new=3098054%40magical-addons-for-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file9
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb64952e-170e-47c5-87fd-d2ec60192b65?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/magical-addons-for-elementor/trunk/includes/widgets/advance-skill-bars.php#L502
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3098054%40magical-addons-for-elementor&new=3098054%40magical-addons-for-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file9
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cb64952e-170e-47c5-87fd-d2ec60192b65?source=cve

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