CVE-2022-0683

Essential Addons for Elementor Lite <= 5.0.8 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Published Feb 24, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the settings parameter found in the ~/includes/Traits/Helper.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 5.0.8.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to version 5.0.9 or newer.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-15768 The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the settings parameter found in the ~/includes/Traits/Helper.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 5.0.8.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Jan 31, 2025, 7:01 PM
Reserved
Feb 18, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 24, 2022, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:21 AM