CVE-2024-4667 Cross-site scripting in Blog, Posts and Category Filter for Elementor
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the Post and Category Filter widget, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- 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-2024-4667?
CVE-2024-4667 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in plugindevs Blog, Posts and Category Filter for Elementor, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Blog, Posts and Category Filter for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Post and Category Filter widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied 'post_types' attribute. 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-2024-4667?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Plugin-Devs Blog\, Posts and Category Filter for Elementor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4667?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4667 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-2024-4667 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4667 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7mhh-2q9c-rq3r.