Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.81 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Read
CVE-2023-5922

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 January 2024

Badges

๐Ÿ‘พ Exploit Exists๐ŸŸก Public PoC

Summary

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress lacks proper access control measures for AJAX actions, allowing unauthorized users to access and potentially retrieve content from draft, private, and password-protected posts and pages. This vulnerability arises specifically in plugin versions prior to 1.3.81, where REST endpoints are currently disabled but still expose this critical flaw. Websites utilizing this plugin should implement immediate updates and appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized content access.

Affected Version(s)

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates 0 < 1.3.81

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • ๐ŸŸก

    Public PoC available

  • ๐Ÿ‘พ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Krzysztof Zajฤ…c (CERT PL)
WPScan
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