Happy Addons for Elementor <= 2.23.0 & Pro Version < 1.17.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

6.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24292
CVSS 6.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published April 26, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Ram - Wordfence

Description

The Happy Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.24.0, Happy Addons Pro for Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.17.0 have a number of widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting(XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method: The “Card” widget accepts a “title_tag” parameter. Although the element control lists a fixed set of possible html tags, it is possible to send a ‘save_builder’ request with the “heading_tag” set to “script”, and the actual “title” parameter set to JavaScript to be executed within the script tags added by the “heading_tag” parameter.

Wordfence blocked 20,295,358 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

References

Share

Vulnerability Details for Happy Addons for Elementor Pro

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug happy-elementor-addons-pro
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.17.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.17.0
Patched Version
  • 1.17.0

1 other affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug happy-elementor-addons (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.24.0, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.24.0
Patched Version
  • 2.24.0

Did you know Wordfence Intelligence provides free personal and commercial API access to our comprehensive WordPress vulnerability database, along with a free webhook integration to stay on top of the latest vulnerabilities added and updated in the database? Get started today!

Learn more

Want to get notified of the latest vulnerabilities that may affect your WordPress site?
Install Wordfence on your site today to get notified immediately if your site is affected by a vulnerability that has been added to our database.

Get Wordfence

The Wordfence Intelligence WordPress vulnerability database is completely free to access and query via API. Please review the documentation on how to access and consume the vulnerability data via API.

Documentation