PT-2023-15937 · WordPress · Elementor Website Builder

Miguel Santareno · Published 2023-08-14 · Updated 2024-01-16 · CVE-2022-4953

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 WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.5.5

Description The issue allows user-controlled URLs to be loaded into the DOM without proper filtering. This could be exploited to inject rogue iframes that point to malicious URLs.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.5.5, update to version 3.5.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the loading of user-controlled URLs into the DOM to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4953

Affected Products

Elementor Website Builder

References · 11

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8273357e-f9e1-44bc-8082-8faab838eda7 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/51716 · Exploit
• https://github.com/elementor/elementor/commit/292fc49e0f979bd52d838f0326d1faaebfa59f5e · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4953 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4953 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/67561 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/57848 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1691168748600991744 · Twitter Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-4953 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68497 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56459 · Telegram Post