Themesflat Addons For ElementorWordPress extension · Themesflat
CVE-2024-53796
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 DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects themesflat-addons-for-elementor: from n/a through <= 2.2.2.
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 confidenceDOM-Based XSS vulnerability in the themesflat-addons-for-elementor WordPress plugin. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through unsanitized input that gets processed by client-side JavaScript and inserted into the DOM without proper validation, leading to script execution in victim browsers.
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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
Themesflat Addons For ElementorWordPress extension
<= 2.2.2CVSS 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 the plugin is installedIn the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Themesflat Addons For Elementor' or check the plugins directory for the themesflat-addons-for-elementor folderAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check the installed versionIn the WordPress admin, view the plugin details to see its version number, or open the main plugin file (e.g., themesflat-addons-for-elementor.php) and locate the Version header in the plugin commentsAffected if The version number is 2.2.2 or lower
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Identify JavaScript files handling URL parametersExamine the plugin's JavaScript files in the /assets/js/ or /js/ directory for code that reads URL parameters (e.g., using window.location.href, URLSearchParams, or document.referrer)Affected if JavaScript files contain code that processes URL parameters without sanitization
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Look for unsafe DOM insertion patternsSearch the plugin's JavaScript files for DOM manipulation methods such as innerHTML, document.write, insertAdjacentHTML, or eval that handle user-controlled data from URL parametersAffected if The code uses innerHTML or similar methods to insert URL parameter values directly into the DOM without encoding
You are affected if the Themesflat Addons For Elementor plugin is installed with version 2.2.2 or lower and its JavaScript code processes URL parameters into the DOM without sanitization.
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 the plugin to the latest patched version if available. If no update exists, audit the JavaScript code for unsafe DOM manipulation patterns (e.g., innerHTML, document.write, eval) that handle URL parameters or user-controlled data, and implement proper output encoding before DOM insertion.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-53796 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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