CVE-2022-4256 — The All-in-One Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2

The All-in-One Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for exa

01What is this vulnerability?

The All-in-One Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	All	in-One Addons for Elementor — 0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-02T21:49:35.921Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-10T18:36:59.010Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f5b17c68-c2b0-4d0d-bb7b-19dc30511a89