Medium severity · published May 5, 2021
CVE-2021-24255
The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress Plugin before 4.5.4 has two widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as…
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress Plugin before 4.5.4 has two widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, both via a similar method.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EA
Essential Addons For Elementor · Wpdeveloper
before 4.5.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24255
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24255
Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7fb708da-e8c4-4455-b4f9-c4ad72f877da
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/recent-patches-rock-the-elementor-ecosystem/
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