5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24271
Elementor Ultimate Addons WordPress XSS Vulnerability
Description

The “Ultimate Addons for Elementor” WordPress Plugin before 1.30.0 has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.

INFO

Published Date :

May 5, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 21, 2021, 3:20 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24271 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Brainstormforce ultimate_addons_for_elementor
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-24271.

URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1ce8e188-6ded-413e-b4d1-bf80258acf79 Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/recent-patches-rock-the-elementor-ecosystem/ Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24271 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24271 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    May. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:brinstormforce:ultimate_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.30.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:ultimate_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.30.0
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1ce8e188-6ded-413e-b4d1-bf80258acf79 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1ce8e188-6ded-413e-b4d1-bf80258acf79 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/recent-patches-rock-the-elementor-ecosystem/ No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/04/recent-patches-rock-the-elementor-ecosystem/ Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:brinstormforce:ultimate_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.30.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 06, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The “Ultimate Addons for Elementorâ€? WordPress Plugin before 1.30.0 has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method. The “Ultimate Addons for Elementor” WordPress Plugin before 1.30.0 has several widgets that are vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) by lower-privileged users such as contributors, all via a similar method.
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.00%

score

0.17086

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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