CVE-2022-29455 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Elementor's Elementor Website Builder plugin <= 3.5.5 versions.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.48046.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Elementor

Elementor Website Builder (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 3.5.5`	affected	≤ 3.5.5

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Elementor Subscribe	Website Builder Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

Update to 3.5.6 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/elementor/wordpress-elementor-plugin-3-5-5-unauthenticated-dom-based-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
https://rotem-bar.com/hacking-65-million-websites-greater-cve-2022-29455-elementor
https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers

History

Fri, 21 Feb 2025 08:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-06-13T16:09:13.291Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T20:20:10.272Z

Reserved: 2022-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-29455

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:26:05.126Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-06-13T17:15:10.100

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:59:07.360

Link: CVE-2022-29455

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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