posimyththemes Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.5.1 on WordPress xai_username cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in posimyththemes Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.5.1 on WordPress and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument xai_username leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-4484. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in posimyththemes Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.5.1 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument xai_username with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘xai_username’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 5.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

The weakness was shared by Ngô Thiên An. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-4484 since 05/03/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is 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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• posimyththemes

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• Plus Addons for Elementor Plugin

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• 5.5.0
• 5.5.1

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