CVE-2024-45454
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) WordPress plugin affecting versions up to 1.5.121. The vulnerability was reported on September 6, 2024, by Rafie Muhammad and publicly disclosed on September 30, 2024 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) and has received varying CVSS scores. The NVD assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (Medium) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, while Patchstack rated it at 7.1 (High) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L (NVD).

Impact

This Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability could allow malicious actors 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 1.5.122 of the Unlimited Elements For Elementor plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later immediately. Additionally, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack).

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