CVE-2023-5381 Elementor Addon Elements <= 1.12.7 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Administrators can inject scripts via settings in multi-site or restricted HTML environments, affecting WordPress users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-5381?
CVE-2023-5381 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpvibes Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements), published on 15 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Elementor Addon Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in versions up to, and including, 1.12.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5381?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Webtechstreet Elementor Addon Elements.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5381?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5381 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-2023-5381 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5381 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpvibes Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements)
- CVE-2024-1358 Elementor Addon Elements <= 1.12.12 - Directory Traversal to Local File Inclusion
- CVE-2024-47361 WordPress Elementor Addon Elements plugin <= 1.13.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2024-47366 WordPress Elementor Addon Elements plugin <= 1.13.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-30422 WordPress Elementor Addon Elements plugin <= 1.13.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-29107 WordPress Elementor Addon Elements plugin <= 1.12.10 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p752-3wr3-5j43.