CVE-2024-5662 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-5662: Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor – (Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider, Category List, Post Tabs, Timeline, Post Ticker, Tag Cloud) <= 3.11.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Count (Static) Widget

Vendor Bdthemes
Product Ultimate Post Kit Addons for Elementor
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published June 28, 2024
Last update April 8, 2026

CVSS base score

6.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor – (Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider, Category List, Post Tabs, Timeline, Post Ticker, Tag Cloud) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter within the Social Count (Static) widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.7 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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 28, 2024 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated

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