CVE-2024-2784 The Plus Addons for Elementor <= 5.5.4 - Authenticated (Contibutor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Hover Card
Authenticated attackers with contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via the Hover Card widget, executing them when other 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-2024-2784?
CVE-2024-2784 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce, published on 24 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Hover Card widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.4 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-2024-2784?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Posimyth the Plus Addons for Elementor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-2784?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2784 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-2024-2784 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2784 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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