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.
CVE-2021-4447 is a high severity with CVSS 8.8 Privilege Escalation issue affecting the Plugin Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets. It affects Versions up to 4.6.4 and is fixed in 4.6.5.
CVE-2021-4447 is tracked for the Plugin Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets as high severity with CVSS 8.8. The affected range is Versions up to 4.6.4. Update Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets to 4.6.5 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
essential-addons-for-elementor-lite
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2021-4447 |
| Patched Versions |
4.6.5
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 4.6.4
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.7.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation
Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.0.4 - Local File Inclusion
Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.9.13 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP Object Injection via error_resetpassword
Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.8.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Addon, Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 6.0.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Sensitive Information Exposure to Privilege Escalation
Essential Addons for Elementor – Best Elementor Templates, Widgets, Kits & WooCommerce Builders <= 5.9.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Event Calendar
Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.5.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Info Box Widget
Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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