XSS in Essential Addons For Elementor Pro
CVE-2024-3645
The Essential Addons for Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Counter widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.8.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes such as 'title_html_tag'. 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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7fdad62e-d43a-4eb8-a637-0a257… (Third Party Advisory)
- essential-addons.com/changelog/ (Release Notes)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-3645?
- CVE-2024-3645 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Essential Addons For Elementor Pro, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2024-04-22.
- How severe is CVE-2024-3645?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-3645 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.