WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Elementor < 3.5.6 - DOM Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The plugin does not sanitise and escape user input appended to the DOM via malicious Lightbox settings, resulting in a DOM Cross-Site Scripting issue

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
elementor
Fixed in 3.5.6

References

CVE
CVE-2022-29455
URL
https://rotem-bar.com/hacking-65-million-websites-greater-cve-2022-29455-elementor

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Rotem Bar
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
9758570b-4729-4eef-ad52-b6e922f536d6

Timeline

Publicly Published
2022-06-13 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2022-06-13 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2023-03-15 (about 2 years ago)

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