PT-2024-39338 · WordPress · The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons

Francesco Carlucci · Published 2024-11-08 · Updated 2024-11-12 · CVE-2024-8960

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.2.0

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 1.2.0, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to SVG file uploads for users with Author-level access and above until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-8960

Affected Products

The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8960 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8960 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/10259 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fac90d55-9ae2-48a8-b82b-fe1626556c7b?source=cve · Note
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/cowidgets-elementor-addons/#developers · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1855082603046453417 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cowidgets-elementor-addons/trunk/inc/widgets-manager/class-widgets-loader.php#L324 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1855179912379867139 · Twitter Post