Cloud Vulnerability DB
A community-led vulnerabilities database
AI for Security Summit: Join Figma, Perplexity & Wiz. [Register]
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-1237
CVE-2024-1237:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Elementor Header & Footer Builder plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-1237) that affects the flyout_layout attribute. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on March 11, 2024, and affects versions up to 1.6.24 of the plugin (Wordfence).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.4 (Medium severity). The security issue specifically involves the flyout_layout attribute in the plugin's functionality (Wordfence).
Impact
As a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, successful exploitation could allow attackers to inject malicious scripts that would be stored on the target site and executed when other users access the affected pages (Wordfence).
Exploitability
The vulnerability requires authentication at the Contributor level or higher to be exploited, which somewhat limits its potential impact (Wordfence).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
Related WordPress vulnerabilities:
Free Vulnerability Assessment
Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture
Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.
Additional Wiz resources
Get a personalized demo
Ready to see Wiz in action?
"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management