Medium severity · published Nov 23, 2021
CVE-2021-24891
Elementor < 3.4.8 - DOM Cross-Site-Scripting
6.1
CVSS
28.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.4.8 does not sanitise or escape user input appended to the DOM via a malicious hash, resulting in a DOM Cross-Site Scripting issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)28.9% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EW
Elementor Website Builder ·
3.4.8 before 3.4.8 · source: vendor
WB
Website Builder · Elementor
after 1.5.0 before 3.1.4; 3.2.0 before 3.4.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24891
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24891
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fbed0daa-007d-4f91-8d87-4bca7781de2d
Exploit
https://www.jbelamor.com/xss-elementor-lightox.html
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