Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder
- Plugin slug
the-plus-addons-for-elementor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Apr 05, 2021
This CVE was published Apr 05, 2021 and is one of 22 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
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 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.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H