Critical severity · published May 17, 2020
CVE-2020-13126
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125
9.9
CVSS
8.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)8.6% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EP
Elementor Page Builder · Elementor
before 2.9.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13126
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13126
Third Party Advisory
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10214
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/combined-attack-on-elementor-pro-and-ultimate-addons-for-elementor-puts-1-million-sites-at-risk/
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