CVE-2024-2117: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 3.20.2) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-2117) in its Path Widget component. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on April 9, 2024, affecting the free version of the plugin (NVD).

The vulnerability stems from insufficient output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's Path Widget. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Wordfence assessed it at 6.4 (Medium) with 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 or higher permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level permissions to exploit. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring network access and low privileges (NVD).

Users should upgrade to a version newer than 3.20.2 to address this vulnerability. The fix has been implemented in subsequent releases of the Elementor Website Builder plugin (Wordfence).