Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-0280Ultimate Carousel For Elementor <= 2.1.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Ultimate Carousel For Elementor from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Ultimate Carousel For Elementor WordPress plugin through 2.1.7 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Ultimate Carousel For Elementor | 0 – through 2.1.7 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cb7ed9e6-0fa0-4ebb-9109-8f33defc8b32 exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description