Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Missing Authorization

6.3
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-4446
CVSS 6.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 5, 2021
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to perform many unauthorized actions such as changing settings and installing arbitrary plugins.

Wordfence blocked 1 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Addon With Ready Templates, Advanced Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug essential-addons-for-elementor-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.6.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.6.4
Patched Version
  • 4.6.5

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