CVE-2025-8444 Cross-site scripting in Animation Addons for Elementor – Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets, GSAP Animations & Templates
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via DOM-based stored XSS in the Animation Addons for Elementor plugin.
- 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-2025-8444?
CVE-2025-8444 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wealcoder Animation Addons for Elementor – Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets, GSAP Animations & Templates, published on 10 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Powered Elementor Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the multiple parameters in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6 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-2025-8444?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8444?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8444 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-2025-8444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h556-36wc-hwh6.