The Plus Addons For ElementorWordPress extension · Posimyth
CVE-2024-35709
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in POSIMYTH The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder.This issue affects The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite: from n/a through <= 5.5.4.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite plugin. The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code through plugin settings or widget inputs that are not properly sanitized, which then executes when other users view affected pages in the Elementor page builder.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
The Plus Addons For ElementorWordPress extension
< 5.5.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm plugin presenceIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins and verify 'The Plus Addons for Elementor' by Posimyth is installed and activatedAffected if Plugin is present and active in the WordPress site
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Identify installed versionAccess the Plugins page in WordPress admin, locate The Plus Addons for Elementor, and record the version number displayedAffected if Version is earlier than 5.5.5
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Review user access levelsNavigate to WordPress Users section and check which roles have access to Elementor page builder editing capabilitiesAffected if Users with editor or contributor roles who are not fully trusted can access the Elementor editor
The environment is affected if The Plus Addons for Elementor is installed with a version lower than 5.5.5 and untrusted users have access to edit pages with Elementor
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.5.5
Update The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite to the latest version beyond 5.5.4. If immediate updating is not possible, restrict editor-level access to trusted users only and implement additional input sanitization at the web application firewall level.
5.5.5
- Create a complete backup of your WordPress site before updating
- Navigate to WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate 'The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite' in the plugin list
- Click 'Update now' when an update to version 5.5.5 or higher is available, or manually upload version 5.5.5
- After updating, clear any caching mechanisms (site cache, CDN cache, browser cache)
- Verify the plugin shows version 5.5.5 or higher as active
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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