What is CVE-2024-0977?

CVE-2024-0977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Coolplugins Timeline Widget For Elementor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-0977?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-0977 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Coolplugins Timeline Widget For Elementor

CVE-2024-0977

The Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image URLs in the plugin's timeline widget in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, changes the slideshow type, and then changes it back to an image.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (26.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-0977?: CVE-2024-0977 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Coolplugins Timeline Widget For Elementor, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2024-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-0977?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-0977 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.