{"id":"CVE-2021-24204","aliases":["EUVD-2021-11118","GHSA-8236-9746-wqvp"],"status":"published","title":"Elementor \u003c 3.1.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Accordion Widget","description":"In the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.1.4, the accordion widget (includes/widgets/accordion.php) accepts a ‘title_html_tag’ parameter. Although the element control lists a fixed set of possible html tags, it is possible for a user with Contributor or above permissions to send a modified ‘save_builder’ request containing JavaScript in the ‘title_html_tag’ parameter, which is not filtered and is output without escaping. This JavaScript will then be executed when the saved page is viewed or previewed.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00746,"percentile":0.55338,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2021-04-05T18:27:46Z","modified":"2026-06-17T03:39:35Z","products":[{"vendor":"elementor","product":"elementor website builder"},{"vendor":"elementor","product":"website_builder"},{"vendor":"unknown","product":"elementor website builder"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-elementor-impact-over-7-million-sites/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/772e172f-c8b4-4a6a-9eb9-9663295cfedf","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24204"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8236-9746-wqvp"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-24204","title":"Elementor \u003c 3.1.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Accordion Widget","description":"In the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.1.4, the accordion widget (includes/widgets/accordion.php) accepts a ‘title_html_tag’ parameter. 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