CVE-2021-24256

Elementor Header & Footer Builder <= 1.5.7 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

6.4

CVSS Score

6.4

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.5.8

Patched in

1064d

Time to patch

Description

The “Elementor – Header, Footer & Blocks Template” WordPress Plugin before 1.5.8 has two widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<1.5.8

PublishedApril 13, 2021

Last updatedMarch 11, 2024

Affected pluginheader-footer-elementor

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/97108ad1-c7b8-4050-ba0d-7a1fd4bdedb3?source=api-prod

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