# CVE-2024-3489: Cross-site scripting in Exclusive Addons for Elementor

> Attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the Countdown Expired Title feature, potentially executing code in victim browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fw29-qv69-86jf

## What is CVE-2024-3489?

CVE-2024-3489 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown Expired Title in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3489?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Exclusiveaddons Exclusive Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3489?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3489 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3489 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor

- [CVE-2024-49292](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49292/): WordPress Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.7.1 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-32557](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32557/): WordPress Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.6.9.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-30177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30177/): WordPress Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.6.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-30232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30232/): WordPress Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.6.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-7498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-7498/): Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.7.9.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Countdown (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3489 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3489 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3489 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-2024-3489/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3489/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3489
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3489
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3489

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3489/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.