CVE-2024-9868 Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor

Medium 5.4 Published 2 Nov 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the Age Gate widget, 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: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-9868?

CVE-2024-9868 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 2 Nov 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 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 Age Gate Widget 'url' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.10.1 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9868?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Bdthemes Element Pack.

How do I fix CVE-2024-9868?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9868 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-2024-9868 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9868 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4ggp-78v2-3356.