Cross-site scripting in Blocksera Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘eihe_link’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-4780
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mjq3-v6c5-g93p
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/637972a3-1936-4add-88a2-3fbafba4b5c8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-addon-for-elementor/tags/1.4.3/includes/widgets.php#L529
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3117113/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-hover-effects-addon-for-elementor/#developers
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Sources
- CVE-2024-4780 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-4780 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mjq3-v6c5-g93p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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