Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-0845PDF Viewer for Elementor <= 2.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via render
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in PDF Viewer for Elementor from redlettuce. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The PDF Viewer for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the render function in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| redlettuce | PDF Viewer for Elementor | 0 – through 2.9.3 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d6f9c80-ef86-4910-a88e-98f2b444ee30?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-viewer-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/pdfjs-viewer.php#L215
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-viewer-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/pdfjs-viewer.php#L219
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-viewer-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/pdf-viewer.php#L256
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdf-viewer-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/pdf-viewer.php#L260