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CVE-2021-24264: The “Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon” WordPress Plugin before 1.3.4 has a widget that is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a

medium Affects image-hover-effects (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The “Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon” WordPress Plugin before 1.3.4 has a widget that is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a

Package
image-hover-effects (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.3.4
Fixed in
1.3.4
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 recordimage-hover-effects (WordPress plugin) advisories

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