Vulnerability · Published May 23, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-5177Hash Elements <= 1.3.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter in Multiple Widgets
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Hash Elements from hashthemes. 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 24% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Hash Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'url' parameter within multiple widgets in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| hashthemes | Hash Elements | 0 – through 1.3.8 |
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/9ba07137-f834-4f56-bcd5-0f6fde756681?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hash-elements/trunk/modules/news-module-one/widgets/news-module-one.php#L720
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3090981%40hash-elements%2Ftrunk&old=3089165%40hash-elements%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file18