Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution

Missing Authorization

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

CVE	CVE-2022-1329
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	April 13, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Ram

Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file that make it possible for attackers to modify site data in addition to uploading malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	3.6.0 - 3.6.2
Patched Version	3.6.3

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