PT-2023-18351 · WordPress · Elementor Addons

Alex Thomas · Published 2023-06-09 · Updated 2023-06-16 · CVE-2023-2189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 1.4.3

Description The issue is related to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle widget function. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level permissions and above to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 1.4.3, update to a version that includes a fix for the missing capability check on the toggle widget function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the toggle widget function to prevent unauthorized modification of data.

Exploit

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2189

Affected Products

Elementor Addons

References · 8

• 🔥 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2189 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2189 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/65092 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/52434 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/52020 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2934787/stax-addons-for-elementor · Note