Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-4446
CVSS Medium (6.3)
Publicly Published May 5, 2021
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to perform many unauthorized actions such as changing settings and installing arbitrary plugins.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug essential-addons-for-elementor-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.6.4
Patched Version
  • 4.6.5
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