narinder-singh Timeline Widget for Elementor Plugin up to 1.5.3 on WordPress Image URL cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in narinder-singh Timeline Widget for Elementor Plugin up to 1.5.3 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Image URL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-0977. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in narinder-singh Timeline Widget for Elementor Plugin up to 1.5.3 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). This affects an unknown code of the component Image URL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 02/07/2024 by Craig Smith. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-0977 since 01/26/2024. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• narinder-singh

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• Timeline Widget for Elementor Plugin

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• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3

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