CVE-2022-0683
The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the settings parameter found in the ~/includes/Traits/Helper.php file which allows attackers to inject…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.24%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Essential Addons for Elementor Lite WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping and sanitization of the settings parameter found in the ~/includes/Traits/Helper.php file which allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts onto a pages that executes whenever a user clicks on a specially crafted link by an attacker. This affects versions up to and including 5.0.8.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.24% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- wpdeveloper/essential addons for elementor
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2680585%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&new=2680585%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0683Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2680585%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&new=2680585%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0683Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.