DOM-based cross-site scripting in Elementor Page Builder - CVE-2022-29455
Published: July 24, 2022 / Updated: March 22, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU65734
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29455
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link 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.
Affected software
Elementor Page Builder
How to mitigate CVE-2022-29455
Install updates from vendor's website.
Elementor Page Builder - update to 3.5.6
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #8930 - CVE-2022-29455 (Mass Scanner for CVE-2022-29455 on Elementor Plugins Wordpress) (March 22, 2023)
- Exploit #8828 - CVE-2022-29455 (CVE-2022-29455) (February 12, 2023)
- Exploit #8343 - CVE-2022-29455 (Wordpress Vulnerability - XSS ( Cross-Site Scripting )) (September 5, 2022)
- Exploit #8314 - cve-2022-29455 (cve-2022-29455 elementor wordpress plugin xss exploit) (August 31, 2022)
- Exploit #8175 - Wordpress_xss-CVE-2022-29455 () (July 24, 2022)