CVE-2024-12120 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.7.1017 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the Countdown widget, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12120?
CVE-2024-12120 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons, published on 7 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown widget display_message_text parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1017 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12120?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons.
How do I fix CVE-2024-12120?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12120 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-12120 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12120 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons
- CVE-2023-5360 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.79 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2024-1567 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.94 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload
- CVE-2023-5922 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.81 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Read
- CVE-2024-56226 WordPress Royal Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.7.1001 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2025-39361 WordPress Royal Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.7.1017 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
All Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qpv3-3px8-gmhc.