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CVE-2025-69092· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Patchstack

WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 6.5.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor essential-addons-for-elementor-lite allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from n/a through <= 6.5.3.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Dec 30, 2025
Updated
Oct 7, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 4th percentile
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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Patchstack
6.5
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Affected systems

VendorProduct
wpdeveloperessential addons for elementor

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • wpdeveloper essential addons for elementorbefore 6.5.4

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor

    • up to and including 6.5.3affectedfixed in 6.5.4

Same product

wpdeveloper: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-32243WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
    62This week
  • CVE-2022-0320Essential Addons for Elementor < 5.0.5 - Unauthenticated LFI
    40Plan
  • CVE-2021-4447Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-41955WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 5.8.8 - Contributor+ Privilege Escalation vulnerability
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-3018Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.9.13 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection via error_resetpassword
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2023-32245WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Pro Plugin <= 5.4.8 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
    35Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor6.5.4Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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  • BondsPatchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-39590258 days apartWordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 6.1.9 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-102394275 days apartWordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 6.8.4 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2025-24752257 days apartWordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 6.0.14 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2025-6244176 days apartEssential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates and Widgets <= 6.1.19 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via `Calendar` And
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-9993206 days apartEssential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 6.1.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Script
    21Monitor
  • CVE-2024-9994206 days apartEssential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 6.1.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Script
    21Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
low · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
Low

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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