CVE-2024-5255: brainstorm force ultimate addons for wpbakery Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-5255 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in brainstorm force ultimate addons for wpbakery. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.7% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 3.19.20.1.
Timeline
- 17-07-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Ultimate Addons for WPBakery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's ultimate_dual_color shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.19.20 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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- wordfenceSource6.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.29%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
21%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.29% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Brainstorm force1 product
- ultimate addons for wpbakery≤ 3.19.20
Brainstormforce1 product
- ultimate_addons_for_wpbakery_page_builder< 3.19.20.1
Wordpress1 product
- ultimate_vc_addons≤ 3.19.20 (fixed in 3.19.20.1)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
3 links- ultimate.brainstormforce.com/changelogRelease Notes