CVE-2024-4360 Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the title_tag attribute in Element Pack Elementor Addons, executing code when 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-2024-4360?
CVE-2024-4360 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor, published on 9 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's widgets in all versions up to, and including, 5.7.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes like 'title_tag'. 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-2024-4360?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Bdthemes Element Pack.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4360?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4360 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-2024-4360 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4360 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in bdthemes Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor
- CVE-2024-33568 WordPress Element Pack Pro plugin < 7.19.3 - Arbitrary File Read and Phar Deserialization vulnerability
- CVE-2024-30496 WordPress Element Pack Lite plugin <= 5.5.3 - SQL Injection vulnerability
- CVE-2024-9657 Cross-site scripting in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor
- CVE-2024-47392 WordPress Element Pack Elementor Addons plugin <= 5.7.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-4359 Path traversal in Element Pack – Widgets, Templates & Addons for Elementor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4589-q5rf-w7g2.