CVE-2024-1429 Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

Medium 6.4 Published 18 Apr 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the Panel Slider widget, leading to code execution when users view the page.

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-2024-1429?

CVE-2024-1429 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 18 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Free Template Library, Grid, Carousel, Table, Parallax Animation, Register Form, Twitter Grid) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘tab_link’ attribute of the Panel Slider widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.0 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. CVE-2024-32572 is likely a duplicate of this or CVE-2024-1426.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1429?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bdthemes Element Pack.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1429?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1429 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-2024-1429 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1429 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2gc5-pcr2-vmgm.