# CVE-2022-4953: Elementor < 3.5.5 - Iframe Injection

> Attackers can inject malicious iframes into the DOM via unfiltered user-controlled URLs, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3gvr-rm94-r528

## What is CVE-2022-4953?

CVE-2022-4953 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Elementor Website Builder, published on 14 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.5.5 does not filter out user-controlled URLs from being loaded into the DOM. This could be used to inject rogue iframes that point to malicious URLs.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4953?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elementor Website Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4953?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4953 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Wordpress Plugin Elementor 3.5.5 - Iframe Injection (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Elementor Website Builder

- [CVE-2023-48777](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48777/): WordPress Elementor plugin 3.3.0-3.18.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2020-7109](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-7109/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-1329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1329/): Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-24934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24934/): WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.19.0 - Arbitrary File Deletion and Phar Deserialization vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-0329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0329/): Elementor Website Builder < 3.12.2 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4953 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4953 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Elementor Website Builder, published on 14 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Elementor Website Builder. 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-2022-4953/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4953/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4953
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4953
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4953

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4953/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.