CVE-2018-18379 — The elementor-edit-template class in wp-admin/customize

The elementor-edit-template class in wp-admin/customize.php in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.0.10 for WordPress has XSS.

01What is this vulnerability?

The elementor-edit-template class in wp-admin/customize.php in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.0.10 for WordPress has XSS.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-10-07T11:28:17.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T11:08:21.718Z

09References

• www.contextis.com — https://www.contextis.com/resources/advisories
• elementor.com — https://elementor.com/blog/
• www.contextis.com — https://www.contextis.com/en/resources/advisories/cve-2018-18379