CVE-2024-8961: wordpress essential-addons-for-elementor-lite Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-8961 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wordpress essential-addons-for-elementor-lite. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.7% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 6.0.8.
Timeline
- 15-11-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘nomore_items_text’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
22%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.30% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Wordpress1 product
- essential-addons-for-elementor-lite≤ 6.0.7 (fixed in 6.0.8)
Wpdeveloper1 product
Wpdevteam1 product
3 vendors · 3 products