Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-10784

CVE-2024-10784:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-10784) discovered in versions up to and including 1.5.126. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 11, 2024, and affects the 'Tile Gallery' widget component (NVD, CVE).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'Tile Gallery' widget. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) by Wordfence and 5.4 (Medium) by NVD, with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).

Impact

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 (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to version 1.5.127 or later of the Unlimited Elements For Elementor plugin, which contains the security fix for this vulnerability (NVD).