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CVE-2023-41955Wordfence

Vulnerability Summary

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to and including 5.8.8 due to a lack of restrictions on who can add a registration form and a custom registration role to an Elementor created page. This makes it possible for attackers with access to the Elementor page builder to create a new registration form that defaults to the user role being set to administrator and subsequently register as an administrative user. Note that this is difficult to exploit without publishing capabilities and appears to be a regression, as an identical issue was patched in version 4.6.5.
Severity Level
HIGH(8.8)
Published Date
Sep 14, 2023
Last Modified
Jan 22, 2024
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
Data Pending
Root Weakness (CWE)
The software does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 8.8 (HIGH)
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets * - 5.8.8
Patched Versions
  • Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1
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