Vulnerability · Published Jun 6, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-5001Image Hover Effects for Elementor with Lightbox and Flipbox <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via _id, oxi_addons_f_title_tag, and content_description_tag Parameters
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Image Hover Effects for Elementor with Lightbox and Flipbox from biplob018. 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 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Image Hover Effects for Elementor with Lightbox and Flipbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_id', 'oxi_addons_f_title_tag', and 'content_description_tag' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2 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. CVE-2024-37546 may be a duplicate of this issue.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| biplob018 | Image Hover Effects for Elementor with Lightbox and Flipbox | 0 – through 3.0.2 |
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/6c384f05-96dd-47bb-822d-16212527091a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-with-carousel/trunk/Modules/Image/Data.php#L2838
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-with-carousel/trunk/Modules/Flipbox/Flipbox.php#L3211
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/image-hover-effects-with-carousel/trunk/Modules/Caption/Caption.php#L2622