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CVE-2021-24891: The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape user input appended to the DOM via a malicious hash, resulting in a DOM Cross-Site Scripting issue.

medium Affects website-builder (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape user input appended to the DOM via a malicious hash, resulting in a DOM Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Package
website-builder (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
>1.5.0 and <3.1.4 or >=3.2.0 and <3.4.8
Fixed in
3.1.4, 3.4.8
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 29% (98.1th percentile)
Published
2021-11-23
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordwebsite-builder (WordPress plugin) advisories

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