CVE-2024-51581
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor restaurant-cafe-addon-for-elementor allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.5.6.
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 confidenceThis is a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor plugin versions 1.5.6 and below. The vulnerability results from improper neutralization of user input, allowing malicious JavaScript code to be injected and persistently stored in the plugin's data fields. When other users view affected pages rendered by the plugin, the injected script executes in their browsers.
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< 1.5.7CVSS 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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Confirm plugin installationIn WordPress admin, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon For Elementor' or check the plugins directory for the nicheaddons folder.Affected if The plugin is not found in the WordPress installation, this CVE does not apply.
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Identify installed versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find the Nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon plugin, and note the version number displayed below the plugin name.Affected if The installed version is 1.5.6 or lower, indicating the vulnerable version is present.
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Compare against affected rangeThe affected version range is any version below 1.5.7. Compare your identified version number against this threshold.Affected if The version is 1.5.6 or below, meaning the vulnerability is present and the environment is affected.
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Inspect stored data for malicious contentReview any custom content, menu items, or settings stored by the plugin in the WordPress database. Check postmeta and options tables for unexpected script tags, JavaScript event handlers, or encoded content that may contain XSS payloads.Affected if Malicious JavaScript code is found persistently stored in plugin-related database entries, indicating the vulnerability has been exploited.
The environment is affected if the Nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon For Elementor plugin is installed with version 1.5.6 or below.
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.
dbcve · scoped1.5.7
Update the Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor plugin to the latest version once available. Additionally, audit and clean any existing malicious content already stored in the database that may have been injected via this vulnerability.
1.5.7
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard.
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
- Locate the 'Restaurant & Cafe Addon For Elementor' plugin.
- Click 'Update Now' to upgrade to version 1.5.7 or the latest available version.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA2.0 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.
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- 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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