CVE-2021-4331
"WordPress Elementor Plus Addons Admin Role Escalation"
Description
The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including 4.1.9 (pro) and 2.0.6 (free). The plugin adds a registration form to the Elementor page builders functionality. As part of the registration form, users can choose which role to set as the default for users upon registration. This field is not hidden for lower-level users so any user with access to the Elementor page builder, such as contributors, can set the default role to administrator. Since contributors can not publish posts, only author+ users can elevate privileges without interaction via a site administrator (to approve a post).
INFO
Published Date :
March 7, 2023, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:40 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
2.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed CWE Wordfence CWE-862 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 14, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2514618%40the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder&new=2514618%40the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2514618%40the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder&new=2514618%40the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96388c82-2392-42b3-b0a0-c3d92910fb5c No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/96388c82-2392-42b3-b0a0-c3d92910fb5c Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:free:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:* versions up to (including) 4.1.9
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-4331
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Exploit Prediction
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0.10 }} 0.01%
score
0.43320
percentile