CVE-2024-12599HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor <= 2.8.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Countdown Widget

Description

The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's Countdown widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

References and patches

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/20a67cde-612a-4c57-83d6-a5d8f3716a2d?source=cve Third Party Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3234495/ht-mega-for-elementor Patch