Premium Addons for Elementor <=4.2.7 Contributor+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

2021-04-13 00:00

Ram

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.2.8

Affected PluginPremium Addons for Elementor – Powerful Elementor Templates & Widgets

Affected Version< 4.2.8

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2021-24257

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Vulnerability Overview

The “Premium Addons for Elementor” WordPress Plugin before 4.2.8 has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.2.8, 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-2021-24257 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e45ac7f-faab-4004-8c1b-b9b68f9dfe4c

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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