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Essential Addons For ElementorWordPress extension · Wpdeveloper

CVE-2024-1172

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-02-29
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.9.9 or later.
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60/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable Zero-click

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 Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Accordion widget 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-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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

Stored XSS vulnerability in Essential Addons for Elementor plugin's Accordion widget allows authenticated contributors and above to inject arbitrary JavaScript via insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, executing whenever users access affected pages.

MitigationUpdate Essential Addons for Elementor to version 5.9.9 or later which includes proper sanitization and escaping fixes for the Accordion widget.

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
Essential Addons For ElementorWordPress extension
Affected:< 5.9.9

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
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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. Verify Essential Addons for Elementor is installed
    Go to WordPress admin > Plugins and look for 'Essential Addons for Elementor' in the installed plugins list
    Affected if The plugin is not installed or has been removed entirely, then not affected
  2. Check the installed version number
    In WordPress admin > Plugins, find Essential Addons for Elementor and note the version number displayed under the plugin name
    Affected if The version is any version below 5.9.9 (for example 5.9.8, 5.9.7, 5.8.0, etc.)
  3. Identify pages using the Accordion widget
    Review your website pages, posts, or templates that use the Essential Addons Accordion widget. Check Elementor page editor for any section containing the EA Accordion element
    Affected if The Accordion widget from Essential Addons is present and actively used on any published content
  4. Confirm contributor-level access exists
    Navigate to WordPress admin > Users and verify if any user accounts have the 'Contributor' role or higher (Editor, Admin) that can access the Elementor page builder
    Affected if At least one contributor-level or higher user account exists who can edit content with Elementor

You are affected if Essential Addons for Elementor version is below 5.9.9 AND the Accordion widget is in use on your site AND contributor-level or higher users can access the page editor.

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.9.9 or later
Fixed in 5.9.9
Interim mitigation

Update Essential Addons for Elementor to version 5.9.9 or later which includes proper sanitization and escaping fixes for the Accordion widget.

Recommended fix High confidence

Essential Addons for Elementor 5.9.9

  1. Back up your WordPress site before making any changes
  2. Navigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins > All Plugins
  3. Find 'Essential Addons for Elementor' in the plugin list
  4. Click 'Update now' to install version 5.9.9 or later
  5. Verify the update was successful by confirming the installed version is 5.9.9 or higher
  6. Test the Accordion widget to ensure it functions correctly after the update

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

Fix this in Essential Addons For Elementor Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
8.0 hours of engineering $1,390
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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.

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