Gold Addons for Elementor: A security weakness
Gold Addons for Elementor is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Gold Addons for Elementor
- Plugin slug
gold-addons-for-elementor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 06, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Dec 06, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Gold Addons for Elementor to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Gold Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the activate() and deactivate() functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate and deactivate licenses.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N