CVE-2024-3668 PowerPack Pro for Elementor <= 2.10.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
Authenticated contributors can escalate privileges to administrator by setting a default admin role in registration forms.
- 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-2024-3668?
CVE-2024-3668 is a high-severity vulnerability in PowerPack Pro for Elementor, published on 8 Jun 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PowerPack Pro for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.17. This is due to the plugin not restricting low privileged users from setting a default role for a registration form. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with administrator set as the default role and then register as an administrator.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3668?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ideabox Powerpack Addons for Elementor.
How do I fix CVE-2024-3668?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3668 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-3668 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3668 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in PowerPack Pro for Elementor
- CVE-2023-49739 WordPress PowerPack Pro for Elementor plugin <= 2.9.23 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2024-5787 Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
- CVE-2024-5327 Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
- CVE-2024-2492 Cross-site scripting in PowerPack Addons for Elementor (Free Widgets, Extensions and Templates)
- CVE-2024-2491 PowerPack Addons for Elementor <= 2.7.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via *_html_tag*
Sources
Also known as GHSA-236g-v823-mwh3.