Vulnerability · Published Jun 28, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-5662Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor – (Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider, Category List, Post Tabs, Timeline, Post Ticker, Tag Cloud) <= 3.11.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Social Count (Static) Widget
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Ultimate Post Kit Addons for Elementor from bdthemes. 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 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Ultimate Post Kit Addons For Elementor – (Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider, Category List, Post Tabs, Timeline, Post Ticker, Tag Cloud) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter within the Social Count (Static) widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.7 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| bdthemes | Ultimate Post Kit Addons for Elementor | 0 – through 3.11.7 |
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/be9d977d-d7b2-4946-b107-35df176fbdf3?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post-kit/tags/3.11.5/modules/static-social-count/widgets/static-social-count.php#L800
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3106395/#file526
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post-kit/#developers