PT-2024-17208 · WordPress · Essential Addons For Elementor

Wesley · Published 2024-02-20 · Updated 2025-01-08 · CVE-2024-1172

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.9.8

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Accordion widget due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.9.8, update to a version higher than 5.9.8 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Accordion widget for users with contributor-level and above permissions until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-1172

Affected Products

Essential Addons For Elementor

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1172 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1172 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/5.9.7/includes/Elements/Adv_Accordion.php#L1227 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1760019565340189167 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3034127%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite%2Ftrunk&old=3029928%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f2ff2cc6-b584-442b-890b-033a0a047c24?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/5.9.7/includes/Elements/Adv_Accordion.php#L1292 · Note