Black Widgets For Elementor <= 1.3.7 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File Upload

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2024-9388
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 29, 2024
Last Updated October 29, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci

Description

The Black Widgets For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via SVG File uploads in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses the SVG file.

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Vulnerability Details for Black Widgets For Elementor

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug black-widgets (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.3.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.3.7
Patched Version
  • 1.3.8

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