CVE-2020-20634

Elementor Website Builder <= 2.9.5 - Authorization Bypass

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Elementor 2.9.5 and below WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to activate its safe mode feature. This can be exploited to disable all security plugins on the blog.

El plugin de WordPress Elementor versiones 2.9.5 y anteriores, permite a usuarios autenticados activar su funcionalidad de modo seguro. Esto puede ser explotado para deshabilitar todos los plugin de seguridad en el blog.

*Credits: Jerome Bruandet

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-03-31 CVE Published
2020-08-13 CVE Reserved
2023-07-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://blog.nintechnet.com/wordpress-elementor-plugin-fixed-safe-mode-privilege-escalation-vulnerability	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Elementor Search vendor "Elementor"		Website Builder Search vendor "Elementor" for product "Website Builder"				<= 2.9.5 Search vendor "Elementor" for product "Website Builder" and version " <= 2.9.5"		wordpress		Affected