Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Elementor Page Builder - #VU26471
Published: March 31, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26471
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper authentication checks in the "handle_ajax_request" and "enable_safe_mode" functions. A remote autenticated attacker can enable Safe Mode feature and disable security plugins installed on the website such as firewall, antispam, two-factor authentication or captcha plugins for instance.
Affected software
Elementor Page Builder
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Elementor Page Builder - update to 2.9.6