CVE-2024-10453: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin (versions up to 3.25.9) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-10453) discovered on December 20, 2024. The vulnerability specifically affects the plugin's Typography Settings component and impacts websites using vulnerable versions of the Elementor plugin (NVD, WPScan).

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes within the Typography Settings. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) (NVD).

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

The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.25.10 of the Elementor Website Builder plugin. Website administrators are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the security risk (WPScan).