CVE-2024-2028

Summary

CVE-2024-2028 is a vulnerability found in the Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 2.6.9. It is classified as a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability, resulting from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Covid-19 Stats Widget of the plugin. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The risk score for this vulnerability is 26, indicating a medium level of severity. It has a base score of 6.4 according to CVSS:3.1 standards, with low privileges required and no user interaction necessary. The impact of this vulnerability on integrity and confidentiality is low, while the attack vector is through the network and the availability impact is none. Wordfence has identified this vulnerability and rated it as changed, with an exploitability score of 3.1 out of 10. It is recommended to update the Exclusive Addons for Elementor plugin to a version that addresses this issue promptly to mitigate potential risks posed to organizations using it. Note: The analysis description was not provided in the given information.

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