CVE-2024-2619

Elementor Header & Footer Builder <= 1.6.26 - Authenticated (Author+) HTML Injection

2024-05-16 08:08
wesley (wcraft)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.6.27
Affected Plugin
Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder
Affected Version
<= 1.6.26
CVSS
5.0Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-2619
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At a glance

CVE-2024-2619 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Ultimate Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.6.26. It carries a CVSS score of 5.0 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 1.6.27; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2024, reported by wesley (wcraft).

Vulnerability Overview

The Elementor Header & Footer Builder for WordPress is vulnerable to HTML Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.26 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary HTML in pages that will be shown whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Ultimate Addons for Elementor <= 1.6.26 takes an account at Author level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Ultimate Addons for Elementor the fix is 1.6.27: builds <= 1.6.26 are affected, anything from 1.6.27 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.6.27, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ultimate Addons for Elementor 1.6.27 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2619https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/689eb95b-2f72-4aa4-9f21-6ae186346061https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2619

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