CVE-2024-4643
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability (CVE-2024-4643) discovered in versions up to and including 5.7.1. The vulnerability exists in the 'end_redirect_link' parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. The weakness is categorized as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level permissions or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These malicious scripts will execute whenever a user accesses the compromised page (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with at least contributor-level permissions to exploit. The attack vector is network-accessible (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and requires user interaction (UI:R) (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update the Element Pack Elementor Addons plugin to a version newer than 5.7.1. The vulnerability has been patched in newer versions (Wordpress Patch).

Additional resources


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