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The Plus Addons For ElementorWordPress extension · Posimyth

CVE-2024-0445

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-14
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.5.0 or later.
See remediation →
58/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable

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 · unedited
The The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's element attributes in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.2 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. CVE-2024-34373 is likely a duplicate of this issue.

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 confidence

The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress versions up to 5.4.2 is vulnerable to stored XSS due to insufficient input sanitization on element attributes and lack of proper output escaping. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can inject malicious JavaScript into page elements that will execute whenever users access those compromised pages.

MitigationUpdate the plugin to version 5.4.3 or later. If immediate patching is not feasible, audit existing pages for injected scripts and consider restricting contributor-level user permissions until the update can be applied.

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
The Plus Addons For ElementorWordPress extension
Affected:< 5.5.0

CVSS 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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Confirm the Plus Addons for Elementor plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'The Plus Addons For Elementor' by Posimyth. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/plugins/the-plus-addons-for-elementor/ directory exists on the server.
    Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
  2. Check the installed plugin version
    In the Plugins admin page, locate 'The Plus Addons For Elementor' and view the version number under the plugin name. Compare this version to the affected range: any version below 5.5.0 is vulnerable.
    Affected if Installed version is less than 5.5.0
  3. Identify users with contributor-level access
    In WordPress admin, go to Users and review the role assigned to each user. Contributors and any role with higher privileges (authors, editors, administrators) can exploit this vulnerability.
    Affected if Any user with contributor, author, editor, or administrator role exists in the system
  4. Audit existing Elementor pages for injected scripts
    Query the WordPress database for suspicious content in postmeta or posts tables where post_type is 'elementor_library' or contains elementor content. Look for patterns like <script> tags, javascript: URIs, or event handlers (onload, onerror, onclick) in element attributes. Use WP CLI: wp post list --post_type=elementor_library --fields=ID,post_title --format=table and then inspect postmeta for each.
    Affected if Any Elementor page or template contains unrecognized script tags or suspicious JavaScript in attributes

A user is affected if the Plus Addons for Elementor plugin version is below 5.5.0 AND at least one contributor-level or higher user account exists in WordPress, allowing potential script injection in Elementor-managed pages.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.5.0 or later
Fixed in 5.5.0
Interim mitigation

Update the plugin to version 5.4.3 or later. If immediate patching is not feasible, audit existing pages for injected scripts and consider restricting contributor-level user permissions until the update can be applied.

Recommended fix High confidence

5.5.0

  1. Backup the WordPress site and database before performing any updates
  2. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins
  3. Locate 'The Plus Addons for Elementor' in the installed plugins list
  4. Click 'Update Now' to install version 5.5.0 or later, which contains the fix for the stored XSS vulnerability
  5. After updating, verify that the plugin is functioning correctly on the site
  6. Test pages where the Plus Addons were previously used to confirm the XSS vulnerability is remediated

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in The Plus Addons For Elementor Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation1.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing1.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
5.0 hours of engineering $890
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