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CVE-2024-5260: Sina Extension for Elementor <= 3.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via read_more_text Parameter
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2024-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Sina Extension for Elementor (Slider, Gallery, Form, Modal, Data Table, Tab, Particle, Free Elementor Widgets & Elementor Templates) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘read_more_text’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.5 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.
Affected products
- shaonsina Sina Extension for Elementor: before 3.5.6 — fixed in 3.5.6
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: shaonsina Sina Extension for Elementor 3.5.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/tags/3.5.6/widgets/advanced/sina-blogpost.php?rev=3110446
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/tags/3.5.6/widgets/basic/sina-table.php?rev=3110446
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/advanced/sina-blogpost.php#L2067
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/basic/sina-table.php#L1659
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da6dcf5c-bb70-4227-a784-55cf28980308?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/tags/3.5.6/widgets/advanced/sina-blogpost.php?rev=3110446
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/tags/3.5.6/widgets/basic/sina-table.php?rev=3110446
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/advanced/sina-blogpost.php#L2067
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sina-extension-for-elementor/trunk/widgets/basic/sina-table.php#L1659
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/da6dcf5c-bb70-4227-a784-55cf28980308?source=cve
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