CVE-2024-4623 Cross-site scripting in Blogmentor – Blog Layouts for Elementor
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the pagination_style parameter, 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-2024-4623?
CVE-2024-4623 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in auburnforest Blogmentor – Blog Layouts for Elementor, published on 19 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Blogmentor – Blog Layouts for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘pagination_style’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. CVE-2024-37229 is likely a duplicate of this issue.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4623?
How do I fix CVE-2024-4623?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4623 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-2024-4623 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4623 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-92cm-3xj7-7x3x.