CVE-2022-4701
Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.59 - Insufficient Access Control to Plugin Activation
Severity Score
8.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_activate_required_plugins' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to activate the 'contact-form-7', 'media-library-assistant', or 'woocommerce' plugins if they are installed on the site.
WordPress Royal Elementor add-ons versions 1.3.59 and below suffer from cross site request forgery, insufficient access control, cross site scripting vulnerabilities.
*Credits:
Ramuel Gall
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2022-12-23 CVE Reserved
- 2023-01-10 CVE Published
- 2024-08-03 CVE Updated
- 2024-08-31 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-285: Improper Authorization
CAPEC
References (3)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/admin/templates-kit.php?rev=2833046 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vulnerabilities-patched-in-royal-elementor-addons | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55f7e39b-e7a5-462b-b1e4-c3d92038f17e | Third Party Advisory |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Royal-elementor-addons Search vendor "Royal-elementor-addons" | Royal Elementor Addons Search vendor "Royal-elementor-addons" for product "Royal Elementor Addons" | <= 1.3.59 Search vendor "Royal-elementor-addons" for product "Royal Elementor Addons" and version " <= 1.3.59" | wordpress |
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