CVE-2021-24258 ElementsKit and ElementsKit Pro < 2.2.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS
Lower-privileged users can inject malicious scripts into WordPress widgets, potentially executing code in other users' browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-24258?
CVE-2021-24258 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wpmet Elements Kit Lite, published on 5 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Elements Kit Lite and Elements Kit Pro WordPress Plugins before 2.2.0 have a number of widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24258?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpmet Elements Kit Elementor Addons.
How do I fix CVE-2021-24258?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24258 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2021-24258 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24258 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wpmet Elements Kit Lite
- CVE-2024-3499 ElementsKit Elementor addons <= 3.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via Onepage Scroll Module
- CVE-2024-2047 ElementsKit Elementor addons <= 3.0.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion in render_raw
- CVE-2024-32505 WordPress ElementsKit Elementor addons plugin <= 3.0.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-10091 Cross-site scripting in ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor
- CVE-2024-3650 Cross-site scripting in ElementsKit Elementor addons and Templates Library
Sources
Also known as GHSA-487m-63p5-88hq.