K Elements <= 5.3.9 - Authentication Bypass

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

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

CVE	CVE-2024-56000
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	February 17, 2025
Last Updated	February 26, 2025
Researcher	Rafie Muhammad

Description

The K Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.9. This is due to the kleo_fb_intialize() function not having sufficient identity verification prior to authenticating a user. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as arbitrary users, granted they have access to their email.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	k-elements (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 5.3.9
Patched Version	5.4.0

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