CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-24175
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• posimyth the plus addons for elementor (< 4.1.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/ Broken Link
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/ Third Party Advisory
- https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/ Broken Link
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/ Third Party Advisory