CVE-2024-8960

CVSS 3.1 Score 6.4 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published Nov 9, 2024
Updated: Nov 12, 2024
CWE ID 79

Summary

CVE-2024-8960 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting the Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress. Versions up to and including 1.2.0 are susceptible to this issue. This vulnerability arises due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping during SVG file uploads. Authenticated attackers with Author-level access or higher can exploit this flaw and inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever a user opens the infected SVG file, posing a significant security risk.

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