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CVE-2022-1329

Published: Apr 19, 2022

Modified: Feb 7, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file that make it possible for attackers to modify site data in addition to uploading malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2.

Vendor	Product	Versions
elemntor	Elementor Website Builder	affected `3.6.0` affected `3.6.1` affected `3.6.2`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php

https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html

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