Elementor Plugin Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2024-2623

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Essential Addons For Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 April 2024

Summary

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is prone to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability through the countdown widget's message parameter, affecting all versions up to and including 5.9.11. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts. Such scripts can execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data exposure.

Affected Version(s)

Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders * <= 5.9.11

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addo...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Craig Smith
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