PT-2023-28189 · WordPress · Essential Addons For Elementor

Rafie Muhammad · Published 2023-09-15 · Updated 2024-05-17 · CVE-2023-41955

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Essential Addons for Elementor versions through 5.8.8

Description The issue is related to Improper Privilege Management, allowing Privilege Escalation in the Essential Addons for Elementor plugin. It is estimated that over 1 million active installations are affected.

Recommendations For versions through 5.8.8, update to a version later than 5.8.8 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about other specific fixes for this issue.

Fix

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-41955

Affected Products

Essential Addons For Elementor

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41955 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-41955 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1791390990307365172 · Twitter Post
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/wordpress-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-5-8-8-contributor-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1702585346733572509 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1791378589608239594 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/pentestingnews/39382 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/yeraisci_/status/1702602244733210859 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fridaysecurity/status/1702586661090046431 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Komodosec/status/1702609341768196411 · Twitter Post