Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-4401

CVE-2024-4401:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Elementor Addon Elements plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-4401) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 1.13.5. The vulnerability was discovered on August 29, 2024, and publicly disclosed on August 30, 2024. The issue affects the 'id' and 'eaeslideranimation' parameters in the plugin (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's handling of the 'id' and 'eaeslideranimation' parameters. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.4 (Medium) by Wordfence with a vector string of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while NIST assigned a score of 5.4 (Medium) with 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 (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 a user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to data theft, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should update their Elementor Addon Elements plugin to version 1.13.6 or later to mitigate the risk (Wordpress).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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