Plugins · hash-elements · data as of 2026-11-04
Is Hash Elements safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.5.8
- Last updated
- 2026-10-27
- Active installs
- 5,000+
- Known issues on record
- 5
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.2+
Hash Elements provides additional capability with 30+ elementor blocks to build your website. — by hashthemes
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.5.8). Anything older than 1.5.5 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get hash-elements --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update hash-elements updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
5 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.3 CVE-2026-24618 · published 2026-06-12
Information disclosure in Hash Elements (1.5.4 and older)
- Affected
- 1.5.4 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.5.5
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere vulnerability in HashThemes Hash Elements allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects Hash Elements: from n/a through 1.5.4.
medium 6.5 CVE-2025-22296 · published 2025-01-07
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hash Elements (1.5.0 and older)
- Affected
- 1.5.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.5.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hashthemes Hash Elements hash-elements.This issue affects Hash Elements: from n/a through <= 1.5.0.
medium 5.3 CVE-2024-10802 · published 2024-11-13
Missing authorization check in Hash Elements (1.4.7 and older)
- Affected
- 1.4.7 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.4.8 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The Hash Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the hash_elements_get_posts_title_by_id() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve draft post titles that should not be accessible to unauthenticated users.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-5177 · published 2024-05-23
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hash Elements (1.3.8 and older)
- Affected
- 1.3.8 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.3.9 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The Hash Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'url' parameter within multiple widgets in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
NVD CVE-2024-5177Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-30426 · published 2024-03-29
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Hash Elements (1.3.3 and older)
- Affected
- 1.3.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.3.4
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in HashThemes Hash Elements allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Hash Elements: from n/a through 1.3.3.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-27 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.5.8).
- 2026-06-12 — Information disclosure disclosed (CVE-2026-24618), fixed in 1.5.5.
- 2025-01-07 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2025-22296), fixed in 1.5.1.
- 2024-11-13 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2024-10802), fixed in 1.4.8.
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- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by hashthemes (5 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (3) · Sensitive data exposure (1) · Missing authorization (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/hash-elements (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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