Premium Addons for Elementor <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Option Update

6.5
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-4445
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 30, 2021
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Researcher WPScanTeam - WPScan

Description

The Premium Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Option Updates in versions up to, and including, 4.5.1. This is due to missing capability and nonce checks in the pa_dismiss_admin_notice AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated subscriber+ attackers to change arbitrary options with a restricted value of 1 on vulnerable WordPress sites.

Wordfence blocked 40 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Premium Addons for Elementor

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug premium-addons-for-elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.5.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.5.1
Patched Version
  • 4.5.2

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