CVE-2024-29792
Published: 27 March 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-29792 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Unlimited-Elements Unlimited Elements For Elementor. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-29792 is a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability arising from improper neutralization of input during web page generation. It affects the Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) WordPress plugin in all versions through 1.5.93 and is tracked under CWE-79 with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that is reflected back to a victim who follows a malicious link, resulting in execution of arbitrary script in the victim's browser context with changed scope and limited impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Public references on Patchstack document the reflected XSS issue in the plugin but provide no additional mitigation details beyond the version constraint. The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.1440 with a current value of 0.1163.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-26787
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Unlimited Elements Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) unlimited-elements-for-elementor.This issue affects Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates): from n/a through <= 1.5.93.
- 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.