Master Addons for Elementor <= 2.0.5.3 - Missing Authorization

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2023-40679
CVSS High (7.3)
Publicly Published August 22, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafshanzani Suhada
Description

The Master Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized functionality access due to a missing capability check on the jltma_rest_api_action REST API action in versions up to, and including, 2.0.5.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke methods intended for higher privileged users.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug master-addons (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.5.3
Patched Version
  • 2.0.5.4.1
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