CVE-2024-2503: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Exclusive Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 2.6.9.2) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-2503) in its Post Grid Widget component. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on May 2, 2024, affecting the plugin due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied tags (NVD).

The vulnerability stems from improper input sanitization and output escaping in the Post Grid Widget component. It 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 access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (WPScan).

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level privileges to exploit. The attack vector is network-accessible (N) with low attack complexity (L), requiring privileged access (PR:L) (NVD).

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.6.9.3 of the Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan).