Elementor: A security weakness
Elementor is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Elementor
- Plugin slug
elementor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 22, 2020
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
This CVE was published Jan 22, 2020 and is one of 30 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Elementor 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 Elementor Page Builder plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress does not sanitize data during creation of a new template.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H