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CVE-2021-4447

Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

Published: Oct 16, 2024Updated: Jan 10, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-862
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 64.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
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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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected Products

essential addons for elementorwpdeveloperWeb & CMS Plugins
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgetswpdevteam
On-premCMS Plugin
Web & CMS Plugins / wordpress-plugin
wpdevelopercommercialWeb & CMS Plugins
wpdevteamcommercialWeb & CMS Pluginsaka wpdev team, wpdevteam.com

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
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References

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=
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/be098ee9-b749-4908-85e8-e717d019609a?source=cve
wordfence.com

Timeline

Published
Oct 16, 2024
Last Updated
Jan 10, 2025

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