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CVE-2024-5177: Hash Elements <= 1.3.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via url Parameter in Multiple Widgets

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Hash Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'url' parameter within multiple widgets in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

Affected products

• hashthemes Hash Elements: before 1.3.9 — fixed in 1.3.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: hashthemes Hash Elements 1.3.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hash-elements/trunk/modules/news-module-one/widgets/news-module-one.php#L720
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3090981%40hash-elements%2Ftrunk&old=3089165%40hash-elements%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file18
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9ba07137-f834-4f56-bcd5-0f6fde756681?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hash-elements/trunk/modules/news-module-one/widgets/news-module-one.php#L720
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3090981%40hash-elements%2Ftrunk&old=3089165%40hash-elements%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file18
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9ba07137-f834-4f56-bcd5-0f6fde756681?source=cve

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