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CVE-2021-24255: The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress Plugin before 4.5.4 has two widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, both via

medium Affects essential-addons-for-elementor (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.3, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress Plugin before 4.5.4 has two widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, both via

Package
essential-addons-for-elementor (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.5.4
Fixed in
4.5.4
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (48.1th percentile)
Published
2021-05-05
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordessential-addons-for-elementor (WordPress plugin) advisories

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