CVE-2024-4866 Cross-site scripting in UltraAddons for Elementor

Medium 6.4 Published 10 Jul 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via widgets, leading to code execution or account takeover 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-2024-4866?

CVE-2024-4866 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in codersaiful UltraAddons for Elementor, published on 10 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The UltraAddons – Elementor Addons (Header Footer Builder, Custom Font, Custom CSS,Woo Widget, Menu Builder, Anywhere Elementor Shortcode) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple widgets in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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-2024-37554 is potentially a duplicate of this.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4866?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Codeastrology Ultraaddons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4866?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4866 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-2024-4866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rfhq-9xcp-7phj.