The Plus Addons for Elementor <= 5.6.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Countdown Widget
Vulnerability Description
The The Plus Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Countdown' widget in all versions up to, and including, 5.6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied 'text_days' attribute. 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
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:
- wesley
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/25e42bf8-794e-46a5-b7db-f1f8802bba00?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/tags/5.5.1/modules/widgets/tp_countdown.php#L1945
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder/#developers
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