CVE-2021-24265 Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates < 1.1.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

A stored XSS vulnerability in the Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates WordPress plugin allows contributors to inject malicious scripts.

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-2021-24265?

CVE-2021-24265 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates, 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 “Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates” WordPress Plugin before 1.1.6 has a widget that is 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-2021-24265?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Apollo13themes Rife Elementor Extensions \& Templates.

How do I fix CVE-2021-24265?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24265 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-2021-24265 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24265 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-77fx-cf5m-g7h3.

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