vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: essential-addons-for-elementor-lite: CVE-2022-0683: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 18, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the settings parameter found in the ~/includes/Traits/Helper.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 5.0.8.

Solution

essential-addons-for-elementor-lite-plugin-cve-2022-0683
Title
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