#VU71394 Cross-site scripting in Royal Elementor Addons - CVE-2022-4710
Published: January 20, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU71394
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4710
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Royal Elementor Addons
Royal Elementor Addons
Software vendor:
WP Royal
WP Royal
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 in the wpr_ajax_search_link_target parameter in the data_fetch function. 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.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ac6c6ce4-9944-4c8e-89aa-6a2e870ef205
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/classes/wpr-ajax-search.php?rev=2809656
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vulnerabilities-patched-in-royal-elementor-addons/