CVE-2021-24175

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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/	Broken Link
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-04-05 19:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 18:28

NVD link : CVE-2021-24175

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24175

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24175

JSON object : View

Products Affected

posimyth

the_plus_addons_for_elementor

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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