CVE-2022-29455: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Elementor's Website Builder plugin versions 3.5.5 and below. The vulnerability was identified and disclosed in June 2022, affecting the popular WordPress plugin used by millions of websites (Patchstack, WPScan).

The vulnerability occurs when the plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape user input that is appended to the DOM through malicious Lightbox settings. The issue has been assigned CVE-2022-29455 and received a CVSS score of 4.7 (Low severity). The vulnerability can be exploited through specially crafted URLs containing malicious Lightbox settings (Patchstack, WPScan).

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into affected websites. These scripts would be executed when visitors access the compromised site, potentially leading to unauthorized actions or data theft (Patchstack).

The vulnerability was patched in Elementor version 3.5.6. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remediate the security issue. The fix addresses the input sanitization and escaping issues in the Lightbox settings functionality (Patchstack).