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CVE-2021-24175

Published: Apr 5, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder	affected `4.1.7 - < 4.1.7`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89

x_refsource_CONFIRM

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

x_refsource_MISC

https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/

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