WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Elementor < 2.9.14 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The template name is not properly sanitised when output back, leading to a stored XSS issue.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
elementor
Fixed in 2.9.14

References

CVE
CVE-2020-15020
URL
http://hidden-one.co.in/2020/07/07/cve-2020-1020-stored-xss-on-elementor-wordpress-plugin/

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Verified
No
WPVDB ID
7dfde62f-f167-403b-8b23-f4ac845ac04d

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-07-21 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2020-08-31 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-09-02 (about 5 years ago)

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