Critical severity · published Apr 5, 2021
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…
9.8
CVSS
14.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)14.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TP
The Plus Addons For Elementor · Posimyth
before 4.1.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24175
Broken Link
https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/
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