CVE-2021-24261 HT Mega - Absolute Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 1.5.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

What is CVE-2021-24261?

CVE-2021-24261 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown HT Mega – Absolute Addons for Elementor Page Builder, 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 “HT Mega – Absolute Addons for Elementor Page Builder” WordPress Plugin before 1.5.7 has several 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-2021-24261?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hasthemes Ht Mega.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24261?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24261 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-2021-24261 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24261 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown HT Mega – Absolute Addons for Elementor Page Builder

• CVE-2023-37999 WordPress HT Mega Absolute Addons for Elementor plugin <= 2.2.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-1974 HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor <= 2.4.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Directory Traversal High 8.8
• CVE-2023-6214 HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor <= 2.4.6 - Sensitive Information Exposure via purchased_products High 7.5
• CVE-2023-50901 WordPress HT Mega Plugin <= 2.3.8 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) High 7.1
• CVE-2024-38706 WordPress HT Mega plugin <= 2.5.7 - JSON Path Traversal vulnerability Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-4vmw-hgp9-m43m.