QID 730450

Date Published: 2022-04-21

QID 730450: WordPress Plugin Elementor Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability

Elementor is the leading website building platform for WordPress, enabling web creators to build professional, pixel-perfect websites with an intuitive visual builder.

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the 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

Affected Versions:
Elementor plugin versions from 3.6.0 to 3.6.2.
QID Detection Logic:(Unauthenticated)
This unauthenticated detection depends on the BlindElephant engine to detect the vulnerable version of the Elementor plugin.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.5 severity.

Solution

Customers are requested to update to Elementor Plugin 3.6.3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Vendor References

Elementor Release Notes - wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/advanced/

CVEs related to QID 730450

CVE-2022-1329 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Elementor Release Notes			wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/advanced/

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