CVE-2022-29455
Published: 13 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-29455 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-29455 is a DOM-based reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting the Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 3.5.5. The flaw is tracked under CWE-79 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 4.7, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction with changed scope.
An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the issue by crafting a malicious link or request that triggers script execution in the victim's browser when the page is loaded, enabling limited integrity impacts such as content manipulation within the affected site's context.
Advisories hosted at the referenced Patchstack and Rotem Bar URLs describe the vulnerability as unauthenticated DOM-based reflected XSS and point to the WordPress plugin repository for updated releases that address the affected versions.
The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.6381 with a current value of 0.5814, indicating sustained exploitation interest after public disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-33793
Vulnerability details
DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Elementor's Elementor Website Builder plugin <= 3.5.5 versions.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.