CVE-2024-5583 is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 5.6.2. The flaw, stemming from insufficient input sanitization in the testimonials widget's carousel_direction parameter, allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious web scripts. With a CVSS score of 5.4 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts (C:L/I:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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