Elementor Website Builder <= 2.9.7 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2020-36703
CVSS Medium (6.4)
Publicly Published April 21, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG image uploads in versions up to, and including 2.9.7 This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the upload_files capability to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the page with the stored web scripts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.7
Patched Version
  • 2.9.8
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