Contributor-level stored XSS via unescaped pagination style
Published Jun 19, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Stored XSS in AuburnForest Blogmentor – Blog Layouts for Elementor 1.5 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The Blog Posts Elementor widget accepts the pagination_style setting and renders it without sufficient input sanitization or output escaping. Contributor access permits persistent JavaScript injection that runs in a visitor's browser when the crafted page is viewed.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in AuburnForest Blogmentor – Blog Layouts for Elementor 1.5 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The Blog Posts Elementor widget accepts the pagination_style setting and renders it without sufficient input sanitization or output escaping. Contributor access permits persistent JavaScript injection that runs in a visitor's browser when the crafted page is viewed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-4623
- Published
- Jun 19, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- AuburnForest
- Product
- Blogmentor – Blog Layouts for Elementor
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 19, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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