CVE-2024-3598
CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)
Details
Summary
The vulnerability with the CVE ID CVE-2024-3598 affects the ElementsKit Pro plugin for WordPress in all versions up to 3.6.0. It is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that occurs through the plugin's Creative Button widget due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The risk score for this vulnerability is 25, with a base severity of MEDIUM. To remediate this vulnerability, users should update to a version of the plugin that is not affected by this issue. The potential danger it poses to organizations is that it can lead to unauthorized execution of malicious scripts on their WordPress websites, potentially compromising user data and site functionality.
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