wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.9.8 on WordPress cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.9.8 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-1236. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.9.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Filterable Controls label icon parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The weakness was disclosed 02/21/2024 by Craig Smith. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-1236 since 02/05/2024. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Vendor

wpdevteam

Name

Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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CNA Base Score: 6.4
CNA Vector (Wordfence): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/05/2024 🔍
02/21/2024 +16 days 🔍
02/21/2024 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2025 +423 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 3034127
Researcher: Craig Smith
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-1236 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-1236
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254287

Entryinfo

Created: 02/21/2024 09:12
Updated: 04/19/2025 10:51
Changes: 02/21/2024 09:12 (49), 03/08/2024 23:55 (1), 03/09/2024 00:08 (1), 01/09/2025 00:11 (16), 04/19/2025 10:51 (3)
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