CVE-2024-43953 WordPress Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder plugin <= 3.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Stored XSS in WPBakery Page Builder addons allows attackers to inject scripts, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-43953?

CVE-2024-43953 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in webcodingplace Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder, published on 29 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in webcodingplace Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder classic-addons-wpbakery-page-builder-addons allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder: from n/a through <= 3.5.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-43953?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpbakery Page Builder.

How do I fix CVE-2024-43953?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-43953 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-2024-43953 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-43953 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-87xp-v6jc-jprf.

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