CVE-2024-4488: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates for WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-4488) via the 'inline_list' parameter in versions up to and including 1.3.976. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 7, 2024, affecting the WordPress plugin ecosystem (NVD).

The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's form builder 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 permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever any user accesses the compromised page, potentially leading to data theft, session hijacking, or other client-side attacks (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 user interaction for successful exploitation (NVD).

A patch has been released to address this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to version 1.3.977 or later of the Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin (WordPress Plugin).