CVE-2024-54316
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 DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.5.8.
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 confidenceDOM-based Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Restaurant & Cafe Addon for Elementor plugin. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through unsanitized user input that is dynamically rendered in the page's DOM without proper output encoding.
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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< 1.5.9CVSS 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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Check if Nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon For Elementor' in the list. Alternatively, check the wp-content/plugins directory for a folder named similarly to 'nicheaddons' or containing 'restaurant' or 'cafe'.Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and click on the plugin name to view its details, or check the plugin's main PHP file for a 'Version' header in the plugin comment block.Affected if The version number cannot be determined or is displayed
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Compare the version against the affected rangeIf version is found, compare it to the affected range: versions less than 1.5.9 are vulnerable. For example, 1.5.8, 1.5.7, 1.0.0 would be affected; 1.5.9 or later would not be.Affected if The installed version is lower than 1.5.9 (e.g., 1.5.8, 1.5.7, 1.0.1, etc.)
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Identify if Elementor page builder is activeCheck if Elementor page builder is installed and active on the WordPress site, as this addon requires Elementor to function.Affected if Elementor is active and the vulnerable plugin version is installed
A user is affected if the Nicheaddons Restaurant & Cafe Addon For Elementor plugin is installed with a version lower than 1.5.9 and Elementor is active on the site.
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 · scoped1.5.9
Update the plugin to version 1.5.9 or later which contains the security fix. If unable to update immediately, disable the affected plugin or implement WAF rules to block XSS attack patterns.
1.5.9
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find 'Restaurant & Cafe Addon For Elementor' by nicheaddons
- Click 'Update now' when version 1.5.9 is available, or manually upload version 1.5.9 of the plugin
- Verify the update was successful and the plugin shows version 1.5.9
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Review / QA1.0 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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-54316 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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