CVE-2024-1536

CVSS 3.1 Score 7.4 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Mar 13, 2024

Summary

CVE-2024-1536 is a vulnerability affecting the Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress, specifically in its event calendar widget. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages. The vulnerability exists in all versions up to and including 5.9.9 of the plugin due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. The potential danger posed by this vulnerability is a stored cross-site scripting attack, where injected scripts can execute whenever a user accesses the affected page. The risk score for this vulnerability is 25, indicating a high severity level, with low impacts on integrity and confidentiality, as well as a low exploitability score. Remediation for this vulnerability involves updating the Essential Addons for Elementor plugin to a version beyond 5.9.9, which should address the issue and protect against potential attacks.

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