Elementor Pro <= 2.9.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2020-13126
CVSS Critical (9.9)
Publicly Published May 6, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

An issue was discovered in the Elementor Pro plugin before 2.9.4 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13125. An attacker with the Subscriber role can upload arbitrary executable files to achieve remote code execution. NOTE: the free Elementor plugin is unaffected.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug elementor-pro (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.9.4
Patched Version
  • 2.9.4
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