WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.0.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
Fixed in 6.0.8

References

CVE
CVE-2024-56063
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/167d3e1d-be74-4bfb-b3bf-e2c53d90e12f

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
João Pedro Soares de Alcântara
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
8d2716aa-ab69-4758-ab3f-9813f6d9173c

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-12-18 (about 1 year ago)
Added
2025-01-13 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2025-01-13 (about 1 year ago)

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Title
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Published
2025-01-16
Title
Easy Filtering <= 2.5.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Published
2022-08-23
Title
Scroll To Top < 1.4.1 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting