The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 4.1.7 - Authentication Bypass
CVE-2021-24175

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
The Plus Addons For Elementor Page Builder
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 April 2021

Summary

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 was being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any user (including admin) by just providing the related username, as well as create accounts with arbitrary roles, such as admin. These issues can be exploited even if registration is disabled, and the Login widget is not active.

Affected Version(s)

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder 4.1.7

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-...
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https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-...
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https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ville Korhonen (Seravo), Antony Booker (WP Charged)
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