CVE-2025-5944Element Pack Addons for Elementor <= 8.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via data-caption Attribute

Description

The Element Pack Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘data-caption’ attribute in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee6b1497-ffac-4eb3-baad-36270e419a95?source=cve Third Party Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/assets/js/bdt-uikit.js Product
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/lightbox/widgets/lightbox.php Product
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/custom-gallery/widgets/cu… Product
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/image-accordion/widgets/i… Product
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/#developers Product
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3319668/ Patch
• https://feedback.bdthemes.com/announcements?category=category_6l495r8q Release Notes
• https://github.com/uikit/uikit/issues/5162 ExploitIssue Tracking