CVE-2024-49310
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 Themesflat themesflat-addons-for-elementor themesflat-addons-for-elementor allows Stored XSS.This issue affects themesflat-addons-for-elementor: from n/a through <= 2.2.0.
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 XSS vulnerability in the themesflat-addons-for-elementor WordPress plugin (versions up to 2.2.0). Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript code through plugin components that don't properly sanitize user input, and this malicious script executes when other users view affected pages in the Elementor page builder.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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<= 2.2.0CVSS 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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Verify plugin installationNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'Themesflat Addons For Elementor' in the list of active plugins.Affected if The plugin is installed and active in the WordPress environment.
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Check installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin name to view details, or inspect the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/themesflat-addons-for-elementor/themesflat-addons-for-elementor.php to find the 'Version' field.Affected if The version is 2.2.0 or any version up to and including 2.2.0.
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Identify plugin components in ElementorOpen the Elementor page editor and check which widgets or components from themesflat-addons-for-elementor are available in the widget panel. Look for any input fields within these widgets that accept user-provided text.Affected if The plugin provides Elementor widgets with input fields that could accept unsanitized user content.
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Inspect pages for suspicious contentReview pages created with Elementor that use the plugin's widgets. Check the page source or database entries in wp_posts for script tags, event handlers (onerror, onload, onclick), or encoded JavaScript patterns.Affected if Malicious JavaScript code or suspicious script tags are found embedded in page content.
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Review user input storageExamine the database tables (particularly wp_postmeta) for any meta values containing script tags, iframe elements, or javascript: URIs that may have been stored through plugin input fields.Affected if Unexpected script tags or JavaScript execution vectors are present in post metadata.
If the plugin is installed with version 2.2.0 or below and contains user-supplied content in its Elementor widgets, the environment is likely affected by this stored XSS vulnerability.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate themesflat-addons-for-elementor to the latest version if available; otherwise, implement proper input sanitization and output encoding across all plugin input fields, and consider deploying a WAF as a temporary protective measure.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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