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CVE-2021-24175

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published4/5/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-287CWE-287

References

https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/(contact@wpscan.com)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89(contact@wpscan.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/(contact@wpscan.com)

https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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