CVE-2024-2781 Cross-site scripting in Elementor Website Builder Pro
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via video tags, leading to stored XSS execution for other users.
- 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-2024-2781?
CVE-2024-2781 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 video_html_tag attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.20.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, 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-2024-2781?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Elementor Elementor Pro.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2781?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2781 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-2024-2781 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2781 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in https://elementor.com/ Elementor Website Builder Pro
- CVE-2023-3124 Elementor Pro <= 3.11.6 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via update_page_option
- CVE-2020-26596 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2024-35656 WordPress Elementor Pro <= 3.21.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-1364 Elementor Website Builder Pro <= 3.20.1 - Authententicated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2024-1521 Cross-site scripting in Elementor Website Builder Pro
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gjp2-mc5q-q2cp.