CVE-2024-8236

Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder <= 3.25.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

The Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter of the Icon widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.25.7 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.

We have discovered 585,794 live websites that are affected by CVE-2024-8236.

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Affected Software

Product  Elementor
Category Landing Page Builders
Vulnerable Domains585,794 live websites (22% of Elementor install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 3.25.7
Vulnerable Versions Count261 versions ( 72% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')



Details

  • Published - Nov 26, 2024
  • Updated - Apr 8, 2026

Credits

  • wesley (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2024-8236
United States117,610 websites


Germany59,703 websites
France35,218 websites
Italy29,069 websites
GB23,381 websites
Brazil22,657 websites
Russia22,605 websites
Spain22,184 websites
Poland20,621 websites
Netherlands16,213 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2024-8236
.com218,637 websites
.de33,021 websites
.com.br20,860 websites
.it20,858 websites
.org19,529 websites
.ru18,421 websites
.pl15,654 websites
.fr14,358 websites
.nl14,044 websites
.co.uk12,400 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2024-8236

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2024-8236. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
************.com United States*,***
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******.com United States*,***
**********.com United States*,***
**.***.br Brazil*,***
*********.com United States*,***
**********.com United States*,***
****.bg Bulgaria*,***
********.com GB*,***
***************.org United States*,***
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FAQ

CVE-2024-8236 is Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Elementor
A total of 585,794 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2024-8236, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Elementor is affected by the CVE-2024-8236 vulnerability.
Elementor versions up to and including 3.25.7 are vulnerable to CVE-2024-8236.