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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-12120

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown widget display_message_text parameter in all versions u

Published May 7, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor

Check this week

CVE-2024-12120 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 28.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
28.00%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor wproyal Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 0 ≤1.7.1017

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown widget display_message_text parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1017 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.

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  • vendor wproyal Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 0 ≤1.7.10170 ≤1.7.1017

How to fix CVE-2024-12120

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-12120 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 28.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with wproyal Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 0 ≤1.7.1017 0 ≤1.7.1017. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 28.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 7, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown widget display_message_text parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1017 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 pa

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown widget display_message_text parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1017 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 pa

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-12120

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54456

    The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Countdown widget display_message_text parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1017 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.