Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Free Template Library, Grid, Carousel, Table, Parallax Animation, Register Form, Twitter Grid) <= 5.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Trailer Box Widget
Vulnerability Description
The Element Pack Elementor Addons (Header Footer, Free Template Library, Grid, Carousel, Table, Parallax Animation, Register Form, Twitter Grid) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘element_pack_wrapper_link’ attribute of the Trailer Box widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- Mdr001
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/543c4d52-0e47-4bbb-b53e-dbe3f104734f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/tags/5.4.14/modules/trailer-box/widgets/trailer-box.php#L2063
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3047402/bdthemes-element-pack-lite/trunk/modules/wrapper-link/module.php
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