Elementor Website Builder <= 2.9.8 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2020-06-05 00:00

Jeremy Buis

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.9.9

Affected PluginElementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder

Affected Version<= 2.9.8

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2020-13864

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Vulnerability Overview

The Elementor Website Builder plugin before 2.9.9 for WordPress suffers from a stored XSS vulnerability. An author user can create posts that result in a stored XSS by using a crafted payload in custom links.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.9.9, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13864 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e8822cd-5ced-42d5-907e-72066d8fb835

CVSS Vector

5.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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