Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Elementor Addons by Livemesh for WordPress
CVE-2024-1465

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Elementor Addons By Livemesh
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 April 2024

Summary

The Elementor Addons by Livemesh plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability allowing authenticated users with contributor-level access and higher to execute stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This is enabled through the inadequate sanitization of the 'carousel_skin' attribute in the Posts Carousel widget, which hosts user-inserted content. An attacker can leverage this flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when other users visit affected pages, compromising data integrity and user security.

Affected Version(s)

Elementor Addons by Livemesh * <= 8.3.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3048237/addo...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Maxuel
.