CVE-2023-2189

Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax <= 1.4.3 - Missing Authorization in toggle_widget

Severity Score

4.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

*Credits: Alex Thomas

CVSS Scores

NISTv3.1 4.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-04-19 CVE Reserved
2023-06-08 CVE Published
2024-06-15 EPSS Updated
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-08-02 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31	2024-08-02

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
Staxwp Search vendor "Staxwp"		Stax Search vendor "Staxwp" for product "Stax"				<= 1.4.3 Search vendor "Staxwp" for product "Stax" and version " <= 1.4.3"		wordpress		Affected