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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-53763
CVE-2024-53763:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Best Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting versions through 1.0.5. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Gab and publicly disclosed on November 28, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). The attack requires contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that will be stored and executed when users visit the affected pages (NVD).
Impact
If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject scripts that execute when guests visit the site. These scripts could be used to create redirects, inject unwanted advertisements, or execute other malicious HTML payloads in visitors' browsers (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the disclosure date, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Site administrators should consider restricting contributor access and implementing additional security measures to protect against XSS attacks (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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