XSS in Elementor Website Builder
CVE-2024-5416
The Elementor Website Builder – More than Just a Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the url parameter of multiple widgets in all versions up to, and including, 3.23.4 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 Elementor Editor pages. This was partially patched in version 3.23.2.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.004 (32.6th 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
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
- security@wordfence.com (Issue Tracking)
- security@wordfence.com (Issue Tracking)
- security@wordfence.com (Issue Tracking)
- security@wordfence.com (Issue Tracking)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
- security@wordfence.com (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-5416?
- CVE-2024-5416 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-09-11.
- How severe is CVE-2024-5416?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-5416 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.