Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-8451Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates and Widgets <= 6.2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-gallery-items'
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets from wpdevteam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-gallery-items’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.2 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets | 0 – through 6.2.2 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N