CVE-2024-5189 Cross-site scripting in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the custom_js parameter, 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-2024-5189?
CVE-2024-5189 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor, published on 11 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘custom_js’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.23 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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5189?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5189?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5189 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-2024-5189 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5189 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor
- CVE-2023-32243 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2022-0320 Essential Addons for Elementor < 5.0.5 - Unauthenticated LFI
- CVE-2021-4447 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-41955 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 5.8.8 - Contributor+ Privilege Escalation vulnerability
- CVE-2024-3018 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.9.13 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection via error_resetpassword
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-qgm3-fv3v-22gp.