6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-2311
Avada WordPress Stored XSS Vulnerability
Description

The Avada theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 7.11.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

INFO

Published Date :

April 9, 2024, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:09 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-2311 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 Theme-fusion avada

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-2024-2311 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-2311 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/8b0f2bf40092e00851fe2f57f15e947e
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/af52a553c02936479461189d53c1d4fe
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/d3c36f7befe7d380ed240d3cb141d64c
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/ebb7e1dee2b073b8a478c2f663521b30
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ff6ff104-44c8-49a9-bebd-abb82e8e1cd6?source=cve
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Apr. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Avada theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 7.11.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ff6ff104-44c8-49a9-bebd-abb82e8e1cd6?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/8b0f2bf40092e00851fe2f57f15e947e [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/d3c36f7befe7d380ed240d3cb141d64c [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/ebb7e1dee2b073b8a478c2f663521b30 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://gist.github.com/Xib3rR4dAr/af52a553c02936479461189d53c1d4fe [No types assigned]
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-2311 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-2311 weaknesses.

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