# CVE-2024-6283: Cross-site scripting in DethemeKit for Elementor

> Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the De Gallery widget URL parameter, leading to stored XSS execution on user interaction.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9qx2-5845-97g2

## What is CVE-2024-6283?

CVE-2024-6283 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in DethemeKit for Elementor, published on 27 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The DethemeKit For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the URL parameter of the De Gallery widget in all versions up to and including 2.1.5 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 clicks on the injected link.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6283?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Detheme Dethemekit for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6283?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6283 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6283 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in DethemeKit for Elementor

- [CVE-2025-26772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26772/): WordPress DethemeKit For Elementor plugin <= 2.1.8 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-47632](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47632/): WordPress DethemeKit For Elementor plugin <= 2.1.7 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-34575](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-34575/): WordPress DethemeKit For Elementor plugin <= 2.1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-32508](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32508/): WordPress DethemeKit For Elementor plugin <= 2.0.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-1526](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1526/): DethemeKit for Elementor <= 2.1.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6283 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6283 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in DethemeKit for Elementor, published on 27 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6283 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: DethemeKit 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-2024-6283/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6283/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6283
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6283
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6283

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