Stored cross-site scripting in Piotnet Addons For Elementor - CVE-2024-5502
Published: August 27, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96560
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2024-5502
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Luong Huu Phuoc (Louis Hufer)
Affected software:
Piotnet Addons For Elementor
Piotnet Addons For Elementor
Detailed vulnerability 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 the Image Accordion, Dual Heading and Vertical Timeline widgets. 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-5502
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/921616e4-2b66-4847-869a-90c1c459685f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/piotnet-addons-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/pafe-image-accordion.php#L627
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/piotnet-addons-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/pafe-dual-color-headline.php#L392
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/piotnet-addons-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/pafe-vertical-timeline.php#L622
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3138599/