QID 150736

Date Published: 2023-10-23

QID 150736: WordPress Royal Elementor Addons Plugin: Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2023-5360)

Royal Elementor addons is the most versatile, intuitive, and easy to use Popular Page Builder extension.

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads. This is due to insufficient file type validation in the handle_file_upload() function called via AJAX which allows attackers to supply a preferred filetype extension to the "allowed_file_types" parameter, with a special character, which makes it possible for the uploaded file to bypass their filter list.

Affected versions:
Royal Elementor addons prior to version 1.3.79

QID Detection Logic (Unauthenticated):
This QID sends a HTTP GET request and checks for vulnerable version of WordPress plugin running on the target application.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected sites server which may make remote code execution possible.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 9.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 10 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade to Royal Elementor addons 1.3.79 or later version to remediate this vulnerability. For more information regarding this vulnerability please refer Wordfence Advisory

Vendor References

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates - wordpress.org/plugins/royal-elementor-addons/#developers

CVEs related to QID 150736

CVE-2023-5360 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates			wordpress.org/plugins/royal-elementor-addons/#developers

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