CVE-2021-4447 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-4447 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 16/10/2024 | CVE Updated: 16/10/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: Wordfence | Vendor: wpdevteam | Product: Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-4447 Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to and including 4.6.4 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 8.8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-862
CWE Name: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Source: wpdevteam

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).