Sina Extension For ElementorWordPress extension · Sinaextra
CVE-2021-24269
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe “Sina Extension for Elementor” WordPress Plugin before 3.3.12 has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Sina Extension for Elementor plugin versions before 3.3.12 contain multiple widgets vulnerable to stored XSS. Lower-privileged users (contributors) can inject malicious JavaScript through several widgets via a similar exploitation method, which executes when other users view the compromised content.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Sina Extension For ElementorWordPress extension
< 3.3.12CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Sina Extension for Elementor is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Sinaextra Sina Extension For Elementor' or check the plugins directory via file systemAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, find the Sina Extension plugin and note the version number displayed, or read the main plugin file header for the Version fieldAffected if The version number is less than 3.3.12
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Identify content using Sina Extension widgetsSearch post/page content in the database or use Elementor editor to review pages where Sina widgets were used; check the wp_posts table for entries containing 'sina' or 'elementor' in custom fields or contentAffected if Content exists that utilizes Sina Extension widgets
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Inspect content for suspicious script injectionsExamine pages using Sina widgets for unexpected script tags, event handlers (onload, onerror, onmouseover), or foreign JavaScript URLs in text fields, buttons, or widget settingsAffected if Malicious JavaScript or script tags are found in content created with the plugin
The environment is affected if the Sina Extension for Elementor plugin version is below 3.3.12 and any content created with its widgets exists in the site, as lower-privileged users could have injected stored XSS payloads.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data3.3.12
Update the Sina Extension for Elementor plugin to version 3.3.12 or later to patch the XSS vulnerability. Review existing content created with the plugin for any malicious scripts that may have been injected.
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Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation1.0 h
- Implementation0.5 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA0.5 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2021-24269 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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