CVE-2021-4446 (GCVE-0-2021-4446)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-10-16 06:43
Modified
2024-10-16 15:34
Severity ?
6.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Summary
The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to perform many unauthorized actions such as changing settings and installing arbitrary plugins.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://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=Product
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/283fb581-8b61-4008-a5c4-2e1490fab33e?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders Version: *   ≤ 4.6.4
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