CVE-2024-0445 The Plus Addons for Elementor <= 5.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts into pages via insufficient sanitization, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-0445?

CVE-2024-0445 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce, published on 9 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's element attributes in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-34373 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0445?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Posimyth the Plus Addons for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-0445?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0445 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-2024-0445 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0445 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-2jrj-24m8-rmrv.

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