The Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘eihe_link’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE-2024-4780 is a medium severity with CVSS 6.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon. It affects Versions up to 1.4.3 and is fixed in 1.4.4.
CVE-2024-4780 is tracked for the Plugin Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon as medium severity with CVSS 6.4. The affected range is Versions up to 1.4.3. Update Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon to 1.4.4 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
image-hover-effects-addon-for-elementor
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| CVE | CVE-2024-4780 |
| Patched Versions |
1.4.4
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.4.3
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Image Hover Effects - Elementor Addon <= 1.4.1 - Authenticated(Contributor+) DOM-based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Image Hover Effects Widget
Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon <= 1.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'eihe_align'
Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon <= 1.3.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon <= 1.4.4 - Missing Authorization
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