Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder: Cross-site scripting
Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder is affected by cross-site scripting. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder
- Plugin slug
beaver-builder-lite-version- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 13, 2024
This CVE was published Mar 13, 2024 and is one of 19 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Beaver Builder – WordPress Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the via the heading tag in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. CVE-2024-30425 is likely a duplicate of this issue.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N