QID 150529

Date Published: 2022-06-16

QID 150529: WordPress Elementor Plugin: DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (CVE-2022-29455)

Elementor is a very popular wordpress plugin, enabling web creators to build professional, pixel-perfect websites with an intuitive visual builder.

The plugin does not sanitise or escape user input appended to the DOM via a malicious hash, resulting in a DOM Cross-Site Scripting issue.

Affected Versions:
WordPress Elementor Plugin before 3.5.6.

QID Detection Logic:
This QID sends a HTTP GET request and checks for vulnerable version of WordPress plugin running on the target application.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the interface or allow the attacker to access sensitive, browser-based information.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade to Elementor 3.5.6 or later version to remediate this vulnerability.

Vendor References

Rotem Bar - rotem-bar.com/hacking-65-million-websites-greater-cve-2022-29455-elementor

CVEs related to QID 150529

CVE-2022-29455 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
WordPress			wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/

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