CVE-2024-0977

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline) plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.5.3

Description The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via image URLs in the plugin's timeline widget due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. 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, changes the slideshow type, and then changes it back to an image.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.5.3, update to a version higher than 1.5.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the timeline widget for users with contributor-level and above permissions until a patch is available. Additionally, avoid using the plugin's timeline widget with image URLs from untrusted sources.