CVE-2024-4697 Cross-site scripting in Cowidgets – Elementor Addons

Medium 6.4 Published 4 Jun 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the heading_tag parameter, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.

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-2024-4697?

CVE-2024-4697 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in codelessthemes Cowidgets – Elementor Addons, published on 4 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘heading_tag’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.2 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-2024-35782 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4697?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Codeless Cowidgets Elementor Addons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4697 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-2024-4697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8w53-p8f7-f3x2.