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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-7092
CVE-2024-7092:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin (versions up to 5.9.27) contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the 'nomoreitems_text' parameter. This vulnerability was discovered and reported by Wordfence, with the disclosure date being August 13, 2024 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the 'nomoreitems_text' parameter. The issue has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium) by NIST and 6.4 (Medium) by Wordfence. 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
The vulnerability has been patched in version 5.9.28 and later. Users are advised to update their Essential Addons for Elementor plugin to the latest version to mitigate this security risk (WordPress Changelog).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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