CVE-2024-9668 Cross-site scripting in Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor

Medium 6.4 Published 13 Nov 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the Countdown widget, leading to code execution when users view the page.

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-2024-9668?

CVE-2024-9668 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons, published on 13 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Countdown widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1001 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9668?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9668?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9668 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-2024-9668 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9668 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6m79-wr3w-fx7c.