# CVE-2024-4619: Cross-site scripting in Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder

> Authenticated contributors can inject malicious scripts via the hover_animation parameter, leading to script execution when other users view the page.

- **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:** 21 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rwqc-8qvc-52fh

## What is CVE-2024-4619?

CVE-2024-4619 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder, published on 21 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘hover_animation’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.21.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, 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-2024-4619?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elementor Website Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4619?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4619 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4619 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4619 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder

- [CVE-2023-48777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48777/): WordPress Elementor plugin 3.3.0-3.18.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-7109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7109/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-1329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1329/): Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-24934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24934/): WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.19.0 - Arbitrary File Deletion and Phar Deserialization vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-0329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0329/): Elementor Website Builder < 3.12.2 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4619 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4619 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder, published on 21 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-2024-4619 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder. 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-2024-4619/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4619/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4619
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4619
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4619

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4619/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.