# CVE-2024-0823: Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via carousel links, leading to code execution when users view the page.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h8pv-m5jr-4f99

## What is CVE-2024-0823?

CVE-2024-0823 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Link To' url in carousels in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0823?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Devscred Exclusive Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0823?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0823 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0823 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0823 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-0824](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0824/): Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Link Anything (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2022-45067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45067/): WordPress Exclusive Addons Elementor Plugin <= 2.6.1 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0823 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0823 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor, published on 5 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0823 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0823/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0823/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0823
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0823
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0823

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0823/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.