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CVE-2024-4697:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress (CVE-2024-4697) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 1.1.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on June 4, 2024, impacting the WordPress plugin's handling of the 'heading_tag' parameter (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's handling of the 'heading_tag' parameter. The issue 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 assigned a score of 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).
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 (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users should upgrade to version 1.2.0 or later of the Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin to address this vulnerability (NVD).
Additional resources
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