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CVE-2024-5332:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Exclusive Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 2.6.9.8) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in its Card widget component. The vulnerability was assigned CVE-2024-5332 and was disclosed on June 26, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the plugin's Card widget. This security flaw 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 vulnerability is classified as CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (NVD).
Impact
The 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 an affected page, potentially compromising the security of site visitors (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Website administrators should update the Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin to version 2.6.9.9 or later to patch this vulnerability. The fix is available through the WordPress plugin repository (WordPress Plugin).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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