VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-24175

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability14.46%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-04-05
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • contact@wpscan.com: CWE-287
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-287

Primary references