Essential Addons for Elementor Lite <= 4.5.3 - Cross-Site Scripting

2021-04-13 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.5.4

Affected PluginEssential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

Affected Version< 4.5.4

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2021-24255

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Vulnerability Overview

The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress Plugin before 4.5.4 has two widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, both via a similar method.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.5.4, 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-2021-24255 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/de614bbd-42ae-4c2a-aec6-31245124de76

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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