What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Fancy Elementor Flipbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Fancy Elementor Flipbox widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.1 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-2024-34572 may be a duplicate of this issue.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Fancy Elementor Flipbox versions up to 2.5.1 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts into flipbox content that execute in the browsers of other site visitors. The vulnerability affects the scope beyond the vulnerable component, potentially compromising site security and visitor data.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view affected flipbox content.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Visitors to pages with affected flipboxes may have their sessions hijacked, credentials stolen, or be redirected to malicious sites.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege authenticated account on the site.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
May 2, 2024
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
