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…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
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 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 14.46% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- posimyth/the plus addons for elementor
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/Broken Link
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89Exploit, 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
- https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/Broken Link
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89Exploit, 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.