CVE-2024-0977 Cross-site scripting in Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline)
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via image URLs in the Elementor Timeline widget, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-0977?
CVE-2024-0977 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in narinder-singh Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline), published on 7 Feb 2024. 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 Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image URLs in the plugin's timeline widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, changes the slideshow type, and then changes it back to an image.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0977?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Coolplugins Timeline Widget for Elementor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-0977?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0977 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-2024-0977 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0977 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4fx5-qq2p-q4xp.