WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Element Pack Elementor Addons < 5.5.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the link URL 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
bdthemes-element-pack-lite
Fixed in 5.5.4

References

CVE
CVE-2024-30185
URL
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/wordpress-element-pack-elementor-addons-plugin-5-5-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability

Classification

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

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Abu Hurayra
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
ada87ee5-5025-4843-b13c-46b887bd7c00

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-03-25 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2024-03-28 (about 2 years ago)
Last Updated
2024-03-28 (about 2 years ago)

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