CVE-2024-13642

Summary

CVE-2024-13642 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Stratum – Elementor Widgets plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 1.4.7 are susceptible to this issue. The vulnerability arises due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes in the Image Hotspot widget. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this weakness to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever a user visits an injected page, posing a significant security risk.

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