Insufficient Access Control in Royal Elementor Addons Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2022-4700

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Royal Elementor Addons (elementor Templates, Post Grid, Mega Menu & Header Footer Builder, WooCommerce Builder, Product Grid, Slider, Parallax Image & Other Free Elementor Widgets)
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 January 2023

Summary

The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress has a flaw that allows authenticated users with subscriber-level permissions to activate the 'royal-elementor-kit' theme through the 'wpr_activate_required_theme' AJAX action. This vulnerability exists in versions up to and including 1.3.59. If the 'royal-elementor-kit' theme is not installed, this action can adversely affect site availability as the site may try to load a non-existent theme, leading to potential disruptions.

Affected Version(s)

Royal Elementor Addons (Elementor Templates, Post Grid, Mega Menu & Header Footer Builder, WooCommerce Builder, Product Grid, Slider, Parallax Image & other Free Elementor Widgets) * <= 1.3.59

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elemento...
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vulnerabili...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Ramuel Gall
.