CVE-2024-0585: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 5.9.4) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-0585) in its Filterable Gallery widget. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on February 5, 2024, affecting the plugin's Image URL functionality due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L) and user interaction (UI:R). The scope is changed (S:C) with low confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L, I:L) and no availability impact (A:N) (NVD).

When exploited, this vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation (NVD).

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update their Essential Addons for Elementor plugin to a version newer than 5.9.4 to mitigate the risk (WordPress Plugin).