CVE-2024-1055 Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via button URLs, leading to code execution when pages are viewed.

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-2024-1055?

CVE-2024-1055 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates), 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 PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's buttons in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied URL values. 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1055?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ideabox Powerpack Addons for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1055?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1055 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-2024-1055 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1055 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6gg6-4gm5-vqq7.

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