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CVE-2025-5944: Element Pack Addons for Elementor <= 8.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via data-caption Attribute

• 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: yes
• Published: 2025-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Element Pack Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-caption’ attribute in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.0 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

• bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor: before 8.1.0 — fixed in 8.1.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor 8.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://feedback.bdthemes.com/announcements?category=category_6l495r8q
• https://github.com/uikit/uikit/issues/5162
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/assets/js/bdt-uikit.js
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/custom-gallery/widgets/custom-gallery.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/image-accordion/widgets/image-accordion.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/lightbox/widgets/lightbox.php
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3319668/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/#developers
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee6b1497-ffac-4eb3-baad-36270e419a95?source=cve

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