CVE-2024-13564 Cross-site scripting in Rife Extensions & Templates for Elementor
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via a shortcode, leading to code execution when users view the page.
- 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-2024-13564?
CVE-2024-13564 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in apollo13themes Rife Extensions & Templates for Elementor, published on 22 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Rife Elementor Extensions & Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Writing Effect Headline shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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-2024-13564?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apollo13 Rife Elementor Extensions \& Templates.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13564?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13564 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-2024-13564 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13564 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w67p-2pxq-7v84.