Elementor Vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2024-8742

What is CVE-2024-8742?

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping of user-supplied attributes within the Filterable Gallery widget. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers, who possess contributor-level access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. As a result, these injected scripts can execute whenever a user visits the affected page, potentially compromising the security of users visiting the site.

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