Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension <= 3.0.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-34487
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published June 30, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher R3N0
Description

The "Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary options update in versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This is due to improperly configured capability checking via the permission_callback on the ShortCodeAddonsUltimate/v2/ REST API Endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary site options that can be used for complete site takeover.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug shortcode-addons (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.0.2
Patched Version
  • 3.0.3
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