Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-2623Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 5.9.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets from wpdevteam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the countdown widget's message parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets | 0 – through 5.9.11 |
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/baa92aee-a0a0-45d4-aa12-1449a829930c?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/browser/assets/front-end/js/view/count-down.js
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3058018%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite%2Ftrunk&old=3050196%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=