Cross-site scripting in bdthemes Element Pack Elementor Addons and Templates
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 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.
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-2025-5944
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8h6r-4249-c7rp
References
Other 6
- 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/lightbox/widgets/lightbox.php
- 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://wordpress.org/plugins/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/#developers
- https://feedback.bdthemes.com/announcements?category=category_6l495r8q
More bdthemes Element Pack vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10178 Element Pack Elementor Addons < 5.10.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-09719 Element Pack Elementor Addons < 5.10.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-20220 WordPress Element Pack Lite plugin <= 5.5.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-02773 Information disclosure in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-22155 WordPress Element Pack Pro plugin < 7.19.3 - Arbitrary File Read and Phar Deserialization vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2025-07410 Cross-site scripting in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-5944 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5944 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8h6r-4249-c7rp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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