CVE-2024-6169 Cross-site scripting in Unlimited Elements For Elementor
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the username parameter, leading to stored XSS attacks against other users.
- 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-2024-6169?
CVE-2024-6169 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in unitecms Unlimited Elements 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 Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘username’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.112 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above and granted plugin setting edit permissions by an administrator, 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-2024-6169?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Unlimited-Elements Unlimited Elements for Elementor \(Free Widgets\, Addons\, Templates\).
How do I fix CVE-2024-6169?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6169 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-2024-6169 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6169 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in unitecms Unlimited Elements For Elementor
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5fpx-69w7-fx2q.