Cross-Site Request Forgery in Elementor Addon Elements Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2023-4689

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Addon Elements For Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements)
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-4689?

The Elementor Addon Elements plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to inadequate or absent nonce validation in the 'eae_save_elements' function. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to potentially enable or disable elements by deceiving an administrator into executing a malicious action, such as clicking on a crafted link. Proper nonce validation is critical to preventing such unauthorized actions and ensuring the security of the site.

Affected Version(s)

Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) 0 <= 1.12.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/addon-elements...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

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

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Marco Wotschka
Paolo Tresso
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