CVE-2021-24891
The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape user input appended to the DOM via a malicious hash, resulting in a DOM Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape user input appended to the DOM via a malicious hash, resulting in a DOM Cross-Site Scripting issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 28.86% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- elementor/website builder
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
EPSS moved from 27.9% on 25 October 2026 to 28.9% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fbed0daa-007d-4f91-8d87-4bca7781de2dExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jbelamor.com/xss-elementor-lightox.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fbed0daa-007d-4f91-8d87-4bca7781de2dExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jbelamor.com/xss-elementor-lightox.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.