HT Mega – Absolute Addons for Elementor <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-37999
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published July 7, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad
Description

The HT Mega plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This is due to missing validation of the reg_role parameter on the htmega_ajax_register function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ht-mega-for-elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.2.1
Patched Version
  • 2.2.1
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