#VU101290 Stored cross-site scripting in WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder - CVE-2024-8962
Published: December 5, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU101290
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8962
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder
WPBITS Addons For Elementor Page Builder
Software vendor:
WPBits
WPBits
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within SVG File uploads. A remote user can inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpbits-addons-for-elementor/trunk/includes/elementor-config.php#L721
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3200392/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpbits-addons-for-elementor/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f735f05d-8178-46bd-894d-49ccfb31d304?source=cve