CVE-2022-3862 Livemesh Addons for Elementor < 7.2.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS

What is CVE-2022-3862?

CVE-2022-3862 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Livemesh Addons for Elementor, published on 12 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Livemesh Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 7.2.4 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3862?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Livemeshelementor Addons for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3862?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3862 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-2022-3862 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3862 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Livemesh Addons for Elementor

• CVE-2024-2385 Elementor Addons by Livemesh <= 8.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Limited Local File Inclusion via Widgets High 8.8
• CVE-2024-47303 WordPress Elementor Addons by Livemesh plugin <= 8.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-25598 WordPress Elementor Addons by Livemesh plugin <= 8.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-27986 WordPress Livemesh Addons for Elementor Plugin <= 8.3.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-8858 Cross-site scripting in Livemesh Addons by Elementor Medium 6.4

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-865c-pxq5-2fp2.