Vulnerability · Published Oct 16, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2021-4447Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity missing authorization in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets from wpdevteam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to a lack of restrictions on who can add a registration form and a custom registration role to an Elementor created page. This makes it possible for attackers with access to the Elementor page builder to create a new registration form that defaults to the user role being set to administrator and subsequently register as an administrative user.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets | 0 – through 4.6.4 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be098ee9-b749-4908-85e8-e717d019609a?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2526471%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&new=2526471%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=