vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: theplus-elementor-addon: CVE-2021-24175: Improper Authentication
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 8, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 8, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
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.
Solution
theplus-elementor-addon-plugin-cve-2021-24175
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24175
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd3a7af1-0cae-4872-9e61-58e9a9e3eda5?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-11089
- CVE-2021-24175
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-24175
- CWE-287
- EUVD-EUVD-2021-11089
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