Cross-site scripting in wealcoder Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations…
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 Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Powered Elementor Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the multiple parameters in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wealcoder | Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates | up to 4.2.6 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates Vendorwealcoder Affected up to 4.2.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8444
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h556-36wc-hwh6
- 2026-10-15 Title updated · CNA
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
References
More wealcoder vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-41294 WordPress Animation Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.4.5 - Arbitrary Content Deletion vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-28671 WordPress Animation Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.6.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-12875 Animation Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Weather Widget CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2024-11447 Information disclosure in wealcoder Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-8444 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8444 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h556-36wc-hwh6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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