Vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder
CVE-2022-4953
The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.5.5 does not filter out user-controlled URLs from being loaded into the DOM. This could be used to inject rogue iframes that point to malicious URLs.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.034 (88.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Elementor Website Builder
- Elementor Website Builder — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/8273357e-f9e1-44bc-8082-8faab838eda7 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
- github.com/elementor/elementor/commit/292fc49e0f979bd52d838f0326d1faaebfa59f5e (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4953?
- CVE-2022-4953 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder, classified under CWE-80 IMPROPER NEUTRALIZATION OF SCRIPT-RELATED HTML TAGS IN A WEB PAGE (BASIC XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-08-14.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4953?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4953 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.