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Essential Addons For ElementorWordPress extension · Wpdeveloper

CVE-2024-5086

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.8.15 or later.
See remediation →
58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

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 · unedited
The Essential Addons for Elementor PRO – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Team Member Carousel widget in all Pro versions up to, and including, 5.8.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

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 · high confidence

The Essential Addons for Elementor PRO plugin suffers from a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Team Member Carousel widget. The vulnerability results from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level or higher permissions to inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes when other users view the affected pages.

MitigationUpdate the Essential Addons for Elementor PRO plugin to a version newer than 5.8.14, which should contain proper sanitization and output escaping fixes for the Team Member Carousel widget.

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
Essential Addons For ElementorWordPress extension
Affected:< 5.8.15

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Essential Addons for Elementor is installed
    Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard and locate 'Essential Addons for Elementor' in the list
    Affected if The plugin is installed and appears in the plugin list
  2. Check the installed version number
    On the Plugins page, look at the version number displayed beneath the plugin name 'Essential Addons for Elementor'
    Affected if The version is lower than 5.8.15 (for example, 5.8.14, 5.8.13, etc.)
  3. Identify if Team Member Carousel widget is in use
    Go to Pages or Posts in the WordPress admin, edit any page containing the Team Member Carousel widget, or search for pages using Elementor that may contain this widget. Inspect the widget settings to confirm it is present.
    Affected if The Team Member Carousel widget is present on any published page or post
  4. Review user roles with contributor-level access
    Navigate to Users > All Users in the WordPress admin and check which users have the Contributor role or higher permissions
    Affected if There are users with Contributor, Author, Editor, or Administrator roles who can access the Elementor page editor

A user is affected if the Essential Addons for Elementor plugin version is below 5.8.15 AND the Team Member Carousel widget is being used on the site, since an authenticated user with contributor-level access could inject malicious scripts through this widget.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.8.15 or later
Fixed in 5.8.15
Interim mitigation

Update the Essential Addons for Elementor PRO plugin to a version newer than 5.8.14, which should contain proper sanitization and output escaping fixes for the Team Member Carousel widget.

Recommended fix High confidence

5.8.15

  1. Backup your WordPress site database and files before proceeding with any updates
  2. Navigate to WordPress Dashboard > Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. Find 'Essential Addons for Elementor' in the plugin list
  4. Click 'Update Now' to update the plugin to version 5.8.15
  5. After updating, verify the Team Member Carousel widget functions correctly on your pages
  6. Clear any site caching (page cache, object cache) to ensure the patched code is served
  7. Consider reviewing pages using the Team Member Carousel widget for any previously injected malicious scripts

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Essential Addons For Elementor Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
11.0 hours of engineering $1,930
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