CVE-2024-8960 Cowidgets – Elementor Addons <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

What is CVE-2024-8960?

CVE-2024-8960 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in codelessthemes Cowidgets – Elementor Addons, published on 9 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.0 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 the SVG file.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8960?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Codeless Cowidgets Elementor Addons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8960?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8960 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-2024-8960 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8960 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in codelessthemes Cowidgets – Elementor Addons

• CVE-2024-5179 Cowidgets – Elementor Addons <= 1.1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion High 8.8
• CVE-2024-53786 WordPress Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.2.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 6.5
• CVE-2024-4697 Cross-site scripting in Cowidgets – Elementor Addons Medium 6.4
• CVE-2024-10779 Cowidgets – Elementor Addons <= 1.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Disclosure Medium 5.3

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-28q8-f96p-q62j.