Element Pack Elementor Addons <= 5.4.11 - Missing Authorization via bdt_duplicate_as_draft

Missing Authorization

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVE	CVE-2024-24840
CVSS	Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published	February 2, 2024
Last Updated	February 5, 2024
Researcher	Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT)

Description

The Element Pack Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'bdt_duplicate_as_draft' function in versions up to, and including, 5.4.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to duplicate other user's posts and set their user as the author of the duplicated post.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	bdthemes-element-pack-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 5.4.11
Patched Version	5.4.12

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