Stored Cross-Site Scripting in The Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2024-3197

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
The Plus Addons For Elementor – Addons For Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 May 2024

What is CVE-2024-3197?

The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of custom attributes within the plugin's widgets. This vulnerability allows authenticated users with contributor-level access and higher to inject malicious scripts into web pages. Whenever these pages are accessed by any user, the injected scripts could be executed, leading to potential exploitation of user environments.

Affected Version(s)

The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce 0 <= 5.4.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
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

Tim Coen
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