Elementor Website Builder <= 2.9.8 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2020-13864
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published June 5, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jeremy Buis
Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin before 2.9.9 for WordPress suffers from a stored XSS vulnerability. An author user can create posts that result in a stored XSS by using a crafted payload in custom links.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.8
Patched Version
  • 2.9.9
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