# CVE-2021-24292: Happy Addons for Elementor Free < 2.24.0 and Pro < 1.17.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

> Lower-privileged users can inject malicious scripts via the Card widget's heading tag parameter, leading to stored XSS attacks against site visitors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2021
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fvmw-j93h-3272

## What is CVE-2021-24292?

CVE-2021-24292 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in weDevs Happy Addons Pro for Elementor, published on 17 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 Happy Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.24.0, Happy Addons Pro for Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.17.0 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: The “Card” widget accepts a “title_tag” parameter. Although the element control lists a fixed set of possible html tags, it is possible to send a ‘save_builder’ request with the “heading_tag” set to “script”, and the actual “title” parameter set to JavaScript to be executed within the script tags added by the “heading_tag” parameter.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24292?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wedevs Happy Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24292?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24292 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24292 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in weDevs Happy Addons Pro for Elementor

- [CVE-2023-41236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41236/): WordPress Happy Elementor Addons Pro Plugin <= 2.8.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-12852](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12852/): Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.15.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-5790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5790/): Cross-site scripting in Happy Addons for Elementor (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-6632](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6632/): Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.9.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-51676](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51676/): WordPress Happy Addons for Elementor Plugin <= 3.9.1.1 is vulnerable to Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (medium 4.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24292 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24292 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in weDevs Happy Addons Pro for Elementor, published on 17 May 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24292 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: weDevs Happy Addons Pro for Elementor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24292/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24292/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24292
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24292
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24292

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