8.8
HIGH
CVE-2022-1329
Elementor Website Builder Remote Code Execution and Data Manipulation Vulnerability
Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file that make it possible for attackers to modify site data in addition to uploading malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2.

INFO

Published Date :

April 19, 2022, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:40 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2022-1329 has a 12 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-1329 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Elementor website_builder
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2022-1329.

URL Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/ Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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AgustinESI/CVE-2022-1329

None

Updated: 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 11, 2024, 4:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.
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phanthibichtram12/CVE-2022-1329

None

Python

Updated: 6 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 21, 2024, 10:05 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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NaInSec/CVE-PoC-in-GitHub

All CVE - PoC in GitHub

poc proofofconcept tester allcve cvegithub cvenew cvepoc cveupdate

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
8 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : March 22, 2024, 3:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 928 different CVEs too.
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zecool/cve

None

Updated: 9 months, 2 weeks ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 11, 2024, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.
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whoforget/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 1 year, 9 months ago
0 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : April 8, 2023, 6:19 a.m. This repo has been linked 923 different CVEs too.
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k0mi-tg/CVE-POC

None

Updated: 10 months, 2 weeks ago
20 stars 3 fork 3 watcher
Born at : Feb. 14, 2023, 6:10 p.m. This repo has been linked 921 different CVEs too.
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dexit/CVE-2022-1329

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file that make it possible for attackers to modify site data in addition to uploading malicious files that can be used to o CVE project by @Sn0wAlice

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 29, 2023, 3:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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WhooAmii/POC_to_review

None

Updated: 10 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Nov. 25, 2022, 5:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 930 different CVEs too.
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crac-learning/CVE-analysis-reports

None

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 11, 2022, 4:35 p.m. This repo has been linked 9 different CVEs too.
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Grazee/CVE-2022-1329-WordPress-Elementor-RCE

None

Python

Updated: 5 months, 2 weeks ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 20, 2022, 1:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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mcdulltii/CVE-2022-1329

WordPress Elementor 3.6.0 3.6.1 3.6.2 RCE POC

elementor poc rce wordpress cve-2022-1329

Python

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
15 stars 7 fork 7 watcher
Born at : April 17, 2022, 5:44 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.
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AkuCyberSec/CVE-2022-1329-WordPress-Elementor-3.6.0-3.6.1-3.6.2-Remote-Code-Execution-Exploit

None

Python

Updated: 1 month ago
20 stars 6 fork 6 watcher
Born at : April 15, 2022, 7:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2022-1329 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2022-1329 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php
    Added Reference https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    May. 26, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elementor:elementor_website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 3.6.0 up to (including) 3.6.2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 3.6.0 up to (including) 3.6.2
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 06, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    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/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/ No Types Assigned https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/ No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-862
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:elementor:elementor_website_builder:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions from (including) 3.6.0 up to (including) 3.6.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-1329 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-1329 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

95.85 }} 0.19%

score

0.99602

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
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