CVE-2022-0683 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-0683

Essential Addons for Elementor Lite <= 5.0.8 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Pham Van Khanh (rskvp93) from VCSLab of Viettel Cyber Security & Nguyen Dinh Bien (biennd4) from VCSLab of Viettel Cyber Security

Affected Vendor

Essential Addons for Elementor Lite

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Affected Software

Essential Addons for Elementor Lite
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0.8

Timeline

Official Publish: February 24th, 2022
Last Modified: January 31st, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)