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WordPress Elementor Website Builder <= 3.5.5 - DOM Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-29455

Severity: medium

Author: rotembar,daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wordpress,elementor

Description

Section titled “Description”

WordPress Elementor Website Builder plugin 3.5.5 and prior contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the document object model.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-29455


info:
  name: WordPress Elementor Website Builder <= 3.5.5 - DOM Cross-Site Scripting
  author: rotembar,daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: |
    WordPress Elementor Website Builder plugin 3.5.5 and prior contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability via the document object model.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the affected website.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade WordPress Elementor Website Builder to version 3.5.6 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://rotem-bar.com/hacking-65-million-websites-greater-cve-2022-29455-elementor
    - https://www.rotem-bar.com/elementor
    - https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/elementor/wordpress-elementor-plugin-3-5-5-unauthenticated-dom-based-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29455
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-29455
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.0019
    epss-percentile: 0.56534
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: elementor
    product: website_builder
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve,cve2022,xss,wordpress,elementor


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/plugins/elementor/readme.txt'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - compare_versions(version, '<= 3.5.5')


      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'Elementor Website Builder'


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200


    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: version
        group: 1
        regex:
          - "(?m)Stable tag: ([0-9.]+)"
        internal: true


      - type: regex
        group: 1
        regex:
          - "(?m)Stable tag: ([0-9.]+)"
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100858601373725b12b684161de1ae137bd5a6616ceefe4c962f524c35c04d120630220249f912ca10d201292a084a5e754e1ff128eb1e3a875140d7bd61c93cfc06d2e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-29455.yaml"

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