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Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin for WordPress < 5.7.2 Privilege Escalation

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 113902

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Synopsis

Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin for WordPress < 5.7.2 Privilege Escalation

Description

The WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper authentication.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin for WordPress 5.7.2 or latest.

See Also

https://patchstack.com/articles/critical-privilege-escalation-in-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-affecting-1-million-sites

https://wordpress.org/plugins/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 113902

Type: remote

Published: 5/17/2023

Updated: 5/25/2023

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32243

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32243

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32243