CVE-2020-8426 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2020-01-28

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 1.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-29293	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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01288.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.impenetrable.tech/xss-in-wordpress-elementor-plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10051

History

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Subscriptions

Elementor Website Builder

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-28T22:26:03.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:56:28.369Z

Reserved: 2020-01-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8426

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-28T23:15:12.907

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:26:21.670

Link: CVE-2020-8426

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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