CVE-2024-49264 WordPress Events Addon for Elementor plugin <= 2.2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

What is CVE-2024-49264?

CVE-2024-49264 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in nicheaddons Events Addon for Elementor, published on 17 Oct 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 nicheaddons Events Addon for Elementor events-addon-for-elementor allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Events Addon for Elementor: from n/a through <= 2.2.0.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49264?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Nicheaddons Events Addon for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2024-49264?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49264 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-2024-49264 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49264 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in nicheaddons Events Addon for Elementor

• CVE-2024-54315 WordPress Events Addon for Elementor plugin <= 2.2.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2023-47827 WordPress Events Addon for Elementor Plugin <= 2.1.3 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-4669 Events Addon for Elementor <= 2.1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Widgets Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-12061 Events Addon for Elementor <= 2.2.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Disclosure Medium 4.3

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-fjxw-9w2m-9vj8.