CVE-2024-1171

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.9.8

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Filterable Gallery Widget due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 5.9.8, update to a version that includes the necessary security patches to fix the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Filterable Gallery Widget. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Filterable Gallery Widget for users with contributor-level and above permissions until a patch is available.