Cross-site scripting in Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
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 Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter of the Icon widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.25.7 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-2024-8236
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6c3-73mq-5cp9
References
More Elementor Website Builder vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-01211 Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-00313 Elementor Website Builder < 3.12.2 - Admin+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-25675 WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.16.4 - Auth. Arbitrary Attachment Read vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-26607 WordPress Elementor plugin 3.3.0-3.18.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2023-25676 WordPress Elementor Website Builder Plugin <= 3.16.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2021-07171 Elementor < 3.4.8 - DOM Cross-Site-Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-8236 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-8236 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h6c3-73mq-5cp9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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