CVE-2024-5583

The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce <= 5.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Testimonials Widget Settings

Severity Score

6.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

The The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the carousel_direction parameter of testimonials widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

*Credits: Ngô Thiên An

CVSS Scores

Wordfencev3.1 6.4

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-05-31 CVE Reserved
2024-08-21 CVE Published
2024-08-22 CVE Updated
2024-08-22 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/5.5.6/modules/widgets/tp_testimonial_listout.php#L2284
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55981e72-8d1a-4075-a372-6bddc95e99d8?source=cve

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Posimyththemes Search vendor "Posimyththemes"		The Plus Addons For Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce Search vendor "Posimyththemes" for product "The Plus Addons For Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce"				<= 5.6.2 Search vendor "Posimyththemes" for product "The Plus Addons For Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce" and version " <= 5.6.2"		en		Affected