CVE-2021-24175
CVSS V2 High 7.5
CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2021-24175
- Assigner
- contact@wpscan.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Analyzed
- Published Version
- 2021-04-05T19:15:16
- Last Modified Date
- 2021-04-09T17:22:32
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.1.7 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 9.8
- Base Severity
- CRITICAL
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/ | Broken Link |
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/ | Third Party Advisory |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24175 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-24175 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 07:16:23 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-06 01:08:19 | 2021-04-05T19:15Z | 2021-04-05T19:15:16 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-06 01:08:19 | 2021-04-09T17:22:32 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-06 01:08:19 | Analyzed | Vulnerability Status | updated |