CVE-2024-5222 Cross-site scripting in Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites
Authenticated attackers with Author access can inject arbitrary scripts via the file uploader, 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-2024-5222?
CVE-2024-5222 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cyberchimps Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites, published on 5 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Responsive Addons – Starter Templates, Advanced Features and Customizer Settings for Responsive Theme. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's file uploader in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-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-2024-5222?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cyberchimps Responsive Addons.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5222?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5222 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-2024-5222 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5222 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in cyberchimps Responsive Plus – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hhrw-qrv8-cjmm.