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CVE-2021-4447 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

High 8.8 Published Updated

Authenticated contributors can escalate privileges to administrator by creating a registration form with admin role in Elementor pages.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-4447?

CVE-2021-4447 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor, published on 16 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to a lack of restrictions on who can add a registration form and a custom registration role to an Elementor created page. This makes it possible for attackers with access to the Elementor page builder to create a new registration form that defaults to the user role being set to administrator and subsequently register as an administrative user.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-4447?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor.

How do I fix CVE-2021-4447?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-4447 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-4447 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-4447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Wpdeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g9hj-8c87-gmj8.

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