What is CVE-2024-10493?

CVE-2024-10493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bdthemes Element Pack, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-11-28.

How severe is CVE-2024-10493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-10493 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Bdthemes Element Pack

CVE-2024-10493

The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) WordPress plugin before 5.10.3 does not validate and escape some of its block options before outputting them back in a page/post where the block is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (27.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Bdthemes Element_pack
Unknown Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Template Library, Dynamic Grid & Carousel, Remote Arrows) — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-10493?: CVE-2024-10493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bdthemes Element Pack, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2024-10493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-10493 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.