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CVE-2024-38705: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in ElementInvader Addons for Elementor plugin versions through 1.2.4. The vulnerability was identified on July 11, 2024, and requires Contributor or higher privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) from NVD with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. Patchstack assigned a slightly higher CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with contributor-level access to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.2.5 of the ElementInvader Addons for Elementor plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.2.5 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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