What is CVE-2024-2618?

CVE-2024-2618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brainstormforce Elementor Header \& Footer Builder, classified under Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2024-2618?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

XSS in Brainstormforce Elementor Header \& Footer Builder

CVE-2024-2618

The Elementor Header & Footer Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the size attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.26 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Published 2024-05-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (24.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a780ce1b-0758-42ef-88e7-ff8d9… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/1.6.26/inc/widg… (Product)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/1.6.26/inc/widg… (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-2618?: CVE-2024-2618 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Brainstormforce Elementor Header \& Footer Builder, classified under Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2024-2618?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.