Medium severity · published Jan 28, 2020
CVE-2020-8426
The Elementor plugin before 2.8.5 for WordPress suffers from a reflected XSS vulnerability on the elementor-system-info page
5.4
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Elementor plugin before 2.8.5 for WordPress suffers from a reflected XSS vulnerability on the elementor-system-info page. These can be exploited by targeting an authenticated user.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WB
Website Builder · Elementor
before 2.8.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8426
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8426
Exploit
https://blog.impenetrable.tech/xss-in-wordpress-elementor-plugin
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10051
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