SB2020051703 - Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource in Ultimate Addons for Elementor

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13125)

CWE-ID: CWE-732 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

An issue was discovered in the "Ultimate Addons for Elementor" plugin before 1.24.2 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13126. Unauthenticated attackers can create users with the Subscriber role even if registration is disabled.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10214
• https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/combined-attack-on-elementor-pro-and-ultimate-addons-for-elementor-puts-1-million-sites-at-risk/