Elementor <= 3.13.2 Authenticated(Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Type Creation via save_item

Creation of Emergent Resource
CVE CVE-2023-33922
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published May 22, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to the creation of emergent resources due to insufficient input validation in the template "save_item" function in versions up to, and including, 3.13.3. This allows authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions or above, to create templates with an arbitrary post type, potentially allowing the exploitation of other plugins that depend on custom post types.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.13.3
Patched Version
  • 3.13.3
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