Vulnerability · Published May 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-1166Image Hover Effects - Elementor Addon <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) DOM-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Hover Effects Widget
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon from blocksera. 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 Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Image Hover Effects Widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| blocksera | Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon | 0 – through 1.4.1 |
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/4d72a57f-9acc-43e4-af81-024bc6e0d3fd?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3068751%40image-hover-effects-addon-for-elementor&new=3068751%40image-hover-effects-addon-for-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=