Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-3199The Plus Addons for Elementor <= 5.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Countdown Widget
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce from posimyththemes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the countdown widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| posimyththemes | The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce | 0 – through 5.4.2 |
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/ab15fe2b-974c-41b0-ab6b-68322d2d3396?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/5.4.2/modules/widgets/tp_countdown.php#L1781
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3056776%40the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder%2Ftags%2F5.4.2&new=3076733%40the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder%2Ftags%2F5.5.0