Vulnerability CVE-2022-1329
Published: 2022-04-19

Description:
The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file that make it possible for attackers to modify site data in addition to uploading malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
WordPress Elementor 3.6.2 Remote Code Execution
Ramuel Gall
17.04.2022

Type:

CWE-862

 (Missing Authorization)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.5/10
6.4/10
8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Elementor -> Elementor website builder 

 References:
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/
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