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CVE-2021-4445

Premium Addons for Elementor <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Option Update

Published: Oct 16, 2024Updated: Mar 6, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-862
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 69.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Premium Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Option Updates in versions up to, and including, 4.5.1. This is due to missing capability and nonce checks in the pa_dismiss_admin_notice AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated subscriber+ attackers to change arbitrary options with a restricted value of 1 on vulnerable WordPress sites.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:RS:CC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

premium addons for elementorleap13
On-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
Premium Addons for Elementor – Powerful Elementor Templates & Widgetsleap13
On-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
leap13commercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka leap13

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-september-2021-part-2/#ib-toc-anchor-2
ithemes.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2590819%40premium-addons-for-elementor&new=2590819%40premium-addons-for-elementor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://wordpress.org/plugins/premium-addons-for-elementor/
wordpress.org
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Timeline

Published
Oct 16, 2024
Last Updated
Mar 6, 2025

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