CVE-2024-2120 Elementor Website Builder Pro <= 3.20.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Navigation

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the Post Navigation 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
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-2120?

CVE-2024-2120 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in https://elementor.com/ Elementor Website Builder Pro, published on 27 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Elementor Website Builder Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Post Navigation widget in all versions up to, and including, 3.20.1 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-2024-2120?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Elementor Website Builder.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2120?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2120 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-2024-2120 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2120 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mfv7-6rh8-77p4.

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