PT-2021-11951 · WordPress · Elementor Website Builder

Published 2021-01-06 · Updated 2021-01-11 · CVE-2020-36171

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Elementor Website Builder plugin versions prior to 3.0.14

Description: The issue concerns the Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress, which does not properly restrict SVG uploads. This could potentially lead to security issues, although specific details about exploitation or affected devices are not provided.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.0.14, update to version 3.0.14 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting SVG uploads until the update is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-36171

Affected Products

Elementor Website Builder

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36171 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36171 · Security Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/21675 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/8217 · Telegram Post