CVE-2024-2253

The Testimonial Carousel For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via URL values the plugin's carousel widgets in all versions up to, and including, 10.2.2 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.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonials-carousel-elementor/trunk/widgets/testimonials-carousel/class-testimonialscarousel-employees.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3098089%40testimonials-carousel-elementor&new=3098089%40testimonials-carousel-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file16
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d559b862-ee07-4207-8c64-81961516a046?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/testimonials-carousel-elementor/trunk/widgets/testimonials-carousel/class-testimonialscarousel-employees.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d559b862-ee07-4207-8c64-81961516a046?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-05-30 04:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 07:24

NVD link : CVE-2024-2253

Mitre link : CVE-2024-2253

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-2253

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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