CVE-2024-5554 Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

Medium 6.4 Published 18 Jul 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the onclick_event 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-2024-5554?

CVE-2024-5554 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 18 Jul 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, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘onclick_event’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.11 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-2024-39667 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5554?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bdthemes Element Pack.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5554 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-2024-5554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-99jj-f2xq-29qh.