CVE-2024-4452 ElementsKit Pro <= 3.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2024-4452?

CVE-2024-4452 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpmet ElementsKit Pro, published on 21 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ElementsKit Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘url’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions 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-2024-4452?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpmet Elementskit.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4452?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4452 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-2024-4452 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4452 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in wpmet ElementsKit Pro

• CVE-2024-3500 Path traversal in ElementsKit Pro High 8.8
• CVE-2024-4404 ElementsKit PRO <= 3.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery High 8.5
• CVE-2024-43996 WordPress ElementsKit Pro plugin <= 3.6.0 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2025-0321 ElementsKit Pro <= 3.7.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-7064 ElementsKit Pro <= 3.6.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.4

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hxrw-3c72-p9hc.