TI-2024-05211 Aliases CVE-2024-5612 GHSA-wr9r-v3gv-6cj3

Cross-site scripting in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Pro

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2024-06-07 · Updated 2026-04-08

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 Essential Addons for Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘eael_lightbox_open_btn_icon’ parameter within the Lightbox & Modal widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.15 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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00263 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
wpdevteam	Essential Addons for Elementor Pro	up to 5.8.15	—	No fix listed	CNA

Essential Addons for Elementor Pro Vendorwpdevteam Affected up to 5.8.15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:::::pro:wordpress::	before 5.8.16	Vulnerable	wpdevteam

cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.8.16 Vulnerable ·wpdevteam

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-5612
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr9r-v3gv-6cj3

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8dbe4104-b7d1-484f-a843-a3d1fc02999d?source=cve

Other 1

https://essential-addons.com/changelog/

TI-2023-15541 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-00249 Essential Addons for Elementor < 5.0.5 - Unauthenticated LFI CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2024-02825 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.9.13 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection via error_resetpassword CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-22340 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 5.8.8 - Contributor+ Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-03303 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-15543 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Pro Plugin <= 5.4.8 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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