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CVE-2024-1996 Premium Addons for Elementor PRO <= 2.9.12 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via widget link

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the IHover widget link, 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
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-1996?

CVE-2024-1996 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Premium Addons Pro for Elementor, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Premium Addons PRO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's IHover widget link in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.12 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.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1996?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Leap13 Premium Addons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-1996?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1996 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-2024-1996 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jhff-9fmr-2vgm.

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