WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

ElegantThemes (Divi, Extra, divi-builder) - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was discovered that could allow low level users, such as Authors, to use unfiltered HTML inside of post content when using the Divi Builder. Using such code in posts is typically reserved for admins.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
divi-builder
Fixed in 2.17.3

Affects Themes

Divi
Fixed in 3.17.3
Extra
Fixed in 2.17.3
divi
Fixed in 3.17.3

References

URL
https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=9ae7aa91c578052b052b864d6&id=a9763c15f2
URL
https://divinotes.com/divi-changelog/
URL
https://divinotes.com/extra-changelog/
URL
https://www.elegantthemes.com/api/changelog/divi-builder.txt
URL
https://www.elegantthemes.com/api/changelog/divi.txt
URL
https://www.elegantthemes.com/api/changelog/extra.txt

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
5.4 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Submitter
Ryan Dewhurst
Submitter twitter
ethicalhack3r
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
75b210d4-538b-4cd5-b06d-5d8f5e610377

Timeline

Publicly Published
2018-10-30 (about 7 years ago)
Added
2018-10-31 (about 7 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-11-26 (about 5 years ago)

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