# CVE-2020-13125: Auth bypass in n/a

> Unauthenticated attackers can create subscriber accounts in Ultimate Addons for Elementor even when registration is disabled, bypassing security controls.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:C/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 May 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j47x-5r4f-5mpx

## What is CVE-2020-13125?

CVE-2020-13125 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in the "Ultimate Addons for Elementor" plugin before 1.24.2 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13126. Unauthenticated attackers can create users with the Subscriber role even if registration is disabled.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13125?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-13125?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13125 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-13125 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-13125 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Ultimate Addons for Elementor <= 1.24.1 - Registration Bypass (nuclei): http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-13125.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-37455](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37455/): WordPress Ultimate Addons for elementor plugin <= 1.36.31 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24271](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24271/): Ultimate Addons for Elementor < 1.30.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-13125 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-13125 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 17 May 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-13125 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13125/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13125/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13125
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13125
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13125

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13125/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.