Contributor-level stored XSS via unescaped data-caption
Published Jul 3, 2025 · Updated Jul 3, 2025
Stored XSS in BdThemes Element Pack Addons for Elementor 8.0.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The bundled UIkit lightbox reads attacker-controlled data-caption content and inserts it into generated caption markup without neutralizing executable HTML. Contributor-level access is required to store the payload, which executes in a visitor's browser when the affected page and lightbox content are viewed.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in BdThemes Element Pack Addons for Elementor 8.0.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The bundled UIkit lightbox reads attacker-controlled data-caption content and inserts it into generated caption markup without neutralizing executable HTML. Contributor-level access is required to store the payload, which executes in a visitor's browser when the affected page and lightbox content are viewed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5944
- Published
- Jul 3, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 3, 2025
- Vendor
- BdThemes
- Product
- Element Pack Addons for Elementor
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1203
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=8.0.0
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- UIkit Lightbox data-caption XSS reproductionproof of concept · demonstrated
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