Layouts for Elementor <= 1.7 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-30533
CVSS Critical (10)
Publicly Published March 29, 2024
Last Updated April 3, 2024
Researcher Abdi Pranata
Description

The Layouts for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to a missing capability check on the handle_import() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files that can be used to achieve remote code execution.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug layouts-for-elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7
Patched Version
  • 1.8
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