XSS in Wpdevteam Essential Addons For Elementor – Popular Templates & Widgets

CVE-2025-13977

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple attack vectors in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Event Calendar widget's custom attributes handling and the Image Masking module's element ID rendering. 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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13977?
CVE-2025-13977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpdevteam Essential Addons For Elementor – Popular Templates & Widgets, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2025-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2025-13977?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.