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CVE-2021-24256

medium

Description

The “Elementor – Header, Footer & Blocks Template” WordPress Plugin before 1.5.8 has two widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/recent-patches-rock-the-elementor-ecosystem/

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9412fed-aed3-4931-a504-1a86f876892e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-05-05

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00222