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Essential Addons For ElementorWordPress extension · Wpdeveloper

CVE-2024-4449

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-05-14
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.9.20 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 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 'Fancy Text', 'Filter Gallery', 'Sticky Video', 'Content Ticker', 'Woo Product Gallery', & 'Twitter Feed' widgets in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, 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 allows authenticated contributors+ to inject arbitrary JavaScript via six widget types (Fancy Text, Filter Gallery, Sticky Video, Content Ticker, Woo Product Gallery, Twitter Feed) due to missing input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes.

MitigationUpdate plugin to version 5.9.20 or later; audit existing pages using affected widgets for injected malicious scripts and remove them.

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:< 5.9.20

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. Verify Essential Addons for Elementor is installed
    Log into WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or inspect the file /wp-content/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor/readme.txt for the version line
    Affected if The plugin is present on the site
  2. Determine the installed version number
    In WordPress admin, find the plugin in the plugins list and note the version number displayed, or run: grep -i 'Stable tag' /wp-content/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor/readme.txt
    Affected if Version is lower than 5.9.20 (e.g., 5.9.19, 5.9.18, etc.)
  3. Identify use of affected widgets
    Review pages, posts, and templates for any instances of these six widgets: Fancy Text, Filter Gallery, Sticky Video, Content Ticker, Woo Product Gallery, Twitter Feed. In Elementor editor, these appear under the Essential Addons category.
    Affected if Any of the six affected widgets are in use on the site
  4. Inspect saved widget content for malicious scripts
    Examine the HTML source or database wp_postmeta table for saved content in pages using affected widgets, looking for <script> tags or javascript: URIs in attributes that accept user input such as link URLs, custom CSS classes, or text fields
    Affected if Unexpected script tags or javascript: handlers are found in widget content attributes

You are affected if Essential Addons for Elementor version is below 5.9.20 AND any of the six vulnerable widgets (Fancy Text, Filter Gallery, Sticky Video, Content Ticker, Woo Product Gallery, Twitter Feed) are in use on the site with contributor-authored content.

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 5.9.20 or later
Fixed in 5.9.20
Interim mitigation

Update plugin to version 5.9.20 or later; audit existing pages using affected widgets for injected malicious scripts and remove them.

Recommended fix High confidence

Essential Addons For Elementor 5.9.20 or later

  1. Backup your WordPress site before making any changes
  2. Navigate to Dashboard > Plugins in WordPress admin
  3. Locate 'Essential Addons for Elementor' in the installed plugins list
  4. Click 'Update now' to install version 5.9.20 or later
  5. Alternatively, download the latest version from wordpress.org/plugins/essential-add-for-elementor/ and upload manually if automatic update is unavailable
  6. After updating, verify the plugin version shows 5.9.20 or higher under Plugins > Installed Plugins
  7. Test the affected widgets (Fancy Text, Filter Gallery, Sticky Video, Content Ticker, Woo Product Gallery, Twitter Feed) to confirm they function correctly

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

Fix this in Essential Addons For Elementor Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,800
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