CVE-2024-5504: Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Writing Effect Headline 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: 2024-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'tag' attribute within the plugin's Writing Effect Headline widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1 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

Apollo13Themes Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates: before 1.2.2 — fixed in 1.2.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apollo13Themes Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates 1.2.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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