CVE-2025-55714: JetElements for Elementor XSS Vulnerability

CVE-2025-55714 Overview

CVE-2025-55714 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Crocoblock JetElements For Elementor WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions of jet-elements up to and including 2.7.9. An authenticated attacker with low privileges can inject malicious JavaScript that persists in the application and executes in the browsers of users who view the affected content. The issue is tracked under CWE-79, Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation.

Critical Impact
Stored XSS in JetElements allows a low-privileged authenticated user to persist attacker-controlled scripts, enabling session theft, credential harvesting, and privilege escalation against site administrators.

Affected Products

Crocoblock JetElements For Elementor plugin for WordPress
All versions from initial release through 2.7.9
WordPress sites using Elementor with the jet-elements plugin installed

Discovery Timeline

2025-08-14 - CVE-2025-55714 published to the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-55714

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of user-supplied input rendered into web pages by the JetElements For Elementor plugin. Input passed through affected plugin widgets or settings is not sanitized or output-encoded before being embedded in the resulting HTML. This lets an authenticated attacker store JavaScript payloads inside plugin-controlled content. When a visitor or administrator later loads a page containing the malicious content, the script executes in the victim's browser under the site's origin.

Because the payload is stored rather than reflected, exploitation does not require crafted per-request links after initial injection. The scope change indicated by the CVSS vector reflects impact beyond the vulnerable component, extending to any user rendering the affected page.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing or insufficient output encoding in jet-elements widget rendering paths. Contributor-level or higher users can supply widget field values that flow into HTML output without escaping via functions such as esc_html(), esc_attr(), or wp_kses_post(). Any tag or attribute payload provided by the attacker is emitted verbatim.

Attack Vector

An attacker must authenticate to WordPress with a role that permits editing content using JetElements widgets. The attacker configures a widget with a payload containing JavaScript, for example in a field that accepts rich text, link, or attribute values. When another user opens the page containing that widget, the browser parses and executes the injected script. User interaction is required, consistent with standard stored XSS behavior against visitors and administrators.

The vulnerability is described in the Patchstack XSS Vulnerability Report. No public proof-of-concept exploit is currently available.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-55714

Indicators of Compromise

WordPress post, page, or postmeta records containing <script> tags, javascript: URIs, or event handler attributes such as onerror= and onload= inside JetElements widget data
Unexpected outbound requests from browsers loading pages that embed JetElements widgets, particularly to unfamiliar third-party domains
New or modified administrator accounts created shortly after a contributor or editor edits a JetElements-powered page

Detection Strategies

Audit the wp_posts and wp_postmeta tables for JetElements widget serialized data containing HTML control characters or script constructs
Review web server access logs for POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and Elementor editor endpoints originating from low-privileged accounts
Deploy a web application firewall (WAF) rule that flags XSS payload patterns submitted to Elementor save endpoints

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable WordPress audit logging to record content edits, user role changes, and plugin configuration updates
Monitor browser Content Security Policy (CSP) violation reports for inline script execution on pages rendered by Elementor
Alert on privilege escalation events, particularly promotion of contributor or author accounts to administrator

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-55714

Immediate Actions Required

Inventory all WordPress sites running the JetElements For Elementor plugin and identify installations at version 2.7.9 or earlier
Restrict content editing permissions to trusted users and review recent edits made through Elementor by non-administrator accounts
Remove or sanitize any JetElements widget content that contains script tags, event handlers, or javascript: URIs

Patch Information

Refer to the Patchstack advisory and the Crocoblock vendor channel for the fixed release. Update jet-elements to a version later than 2.7.9 as soon as a patched build is available. Verify plugin integrity after upgrade and clear any object or page caches.

Workarounds

Temporarily deactivate the JetElements For Elementor plugin on sites where an upgrade cannot be applied immediately
Enforce a strict Content Security Policy that disallows inline scripts and unsafe evaluation to limit stored XSS impact
Reduce the number of accounts with edit_posts or higher capabilities and require multi-factor authentication for those roles

bash

# Configuration example: WP-CLI commands to identify and disable the vulnerable plugin
wp plugin list --name=jet-elements --fields=name,status,version
wp plugin deactivate jet-elements
wp plugin update jet-elements