CVE-2024-5787 Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the Link Effects 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-2024-5787?
CVE-2024-5787 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates), published on 13 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'url' attribute within the plugin's Link Effects widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.20 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-2024-5787?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ideabox Powerpack Addons for Elementor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-5787?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5787 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-2024-5787 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5787 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in ideaboxcreations PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
- CVE-2024-3668 PowerPack Pro for Elementor <= 2.10.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2023-49739 WordPress PowerPack Pro for Elementor plugin <= 2.9.23 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-5327 Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
- CVE-2024-2492 Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
- CVE-2024-2491 PowerPack Addons for Elementor <= 2.7.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via *_html_tag*
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rh85-pc3c-hh43.