CVE-2024-54316: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the NicheAddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions up to 1.5.8. The vulnerability was reported on November 7, 2024, by João Pedro S Alcântara (Kinorth) and was officially published on December 11, 2024. The issue was assigned CVE-2024-54316 and involves improper neutralization of input during web page generation (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, categorized under CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges or higher to exploit (NVD, Patchstack).

The 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 guests visit the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.5.9 of the Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.5.9 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the additional option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).