CVE-2024-2503 Exclusive Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.9.2 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Grid

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via the Post Grid 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-2024-2503?

CVE-2024-2503 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in timstrifler Exclusive Addons for Elementor, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Post Grid Widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.9.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied tags. 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. CVE-2024-32557 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2503?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Exclusiveaddons Exclusive Addons for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2503?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2503 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-2024-2503 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2503 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vg6j-98mp-hc22.

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