{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4331 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-4331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-4331 is a high-severity vulnerability in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro, published on 7 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-4331 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-4331 is a high-severity vulnerability in posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro, published on 7 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4331 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: posimyththemes The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4331/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4331/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-4331","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4331/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-4331","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-427x-39vq-ch44"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated contributors can escalate privileges to administrator by manipulating the default registration role setting in the Elementor page builder.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"the_plus_addons_for_elementor","vendor":"posimyth"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"description":"The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including 4.1.9 (pro) and 2.0.6 (free). The plugin adds a registration form to the Elementor page builders functionality. As part of the registration form, users can choose which role to set as the default for users upon registration. This field is not hidden for lower-level users so any user with access to the Elementor page builder, such as contributors, can set the default role to administrator. Since contributors can not publish posts, only author+ users can elevate privileges without interaction via a site administrator (to approve a post).","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro","id":"CVE-2021-4331","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Path traversal in The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce","id":"CVE-2021-4332"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Envato Elements \u003c= 2.0.10 \u0026 Template Kit \u003c= 1.0.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload","id":"CVE-2021-4330"},"products":["The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro","The Plus Addons for Elementor – Addons for Elementor, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce"],"published":"2023-03-07","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro \u003c 5.0.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-24949","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-10"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder \u003c 4.1.7 - Authentication Bypass","id":"CVE-2021-24175","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-04-05"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Path traversal in The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro","id":"CVE-2024-5455","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-06-21"},{"cvss_score":8.6,"headline":"WordPress The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro plugin \u003c= 5.2.8 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-47178","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-05-17"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"The Plus Addons for Elementor Pro \u003c 5.0.7 - Sensitive Data Disclosure","id":"CVE-2021-24948","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-10"},{"cvss_score":6.5,"headline":"WordPress The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin \u003c= 5.6.14 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability","id":"CVE-2024-53823","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-12-06"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["posimyththemes"]},"summary":"Authenticated contributors can escalate privileges to administrator by manipulating the default registration role setting in the Elementor page builder.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-4331/"}