Premium Addons for Elementor <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Option Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2021-4445
CVSS Medium (6.5)
Publicly Published August 30, 2021
Last Updated October 16, 2024
Researcher WPScanTeam
Description

The Premium Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Option Updates in versions up to, and including, 4.5.1. This is due to missing capability and nonce checks in the pa_dismiss_admin_notice AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated subscriber+ attackers to change arbitrary options with a restricted value of 1 on vulnerable WordPress sites.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug premium-addons-for-elementor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 4.5.1
Patched Version
  • 4.5.2
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