CVE-2021-24175

high-risk
Published 2021-04-05

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 was being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any user (including admin) by just providing the related username, as well as create accounts with arbitrary roles, such as admin. These issues can be exploited even if registration is disabled, and the Login widget is not active.

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90.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 9% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Posimyth

References (6)

Broken Link https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/
Exploit https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-ele...
Broken Link https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/
Exploit https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-ele...
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 20/34 · Moderate
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal