The Plus Addons For Elementor
CVE-2021-24175
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication mechanism validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Defense Evasion, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could bypass authentication mechanisms to gain unauthorized access by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 was being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement multi-factor authentication, enforce strong password policies, use proven authentication frameworks.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Improper Authentication (CWE-287), which allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms to gain unauthorized access. The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 was being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any user (including admin) by just providing the related username, as well as create accounts with arbitrary roles, such as admin. These issues can be exploited even if registration is disabled, and the Login widget is not active. Affected products include: Posimyth The Plus Addons For Elementor. Version information: before 4.1.7.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 was being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any user (including admin) by just providing the related username, as well as create accounts with arbitrary roles, such as admin. These issues can be exploited even if registration is disabled, and the Login widget is not active.
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.10 did not validate a redirect parameter on a spe
The theplus_more_post AJAX action of The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.12 did not p
The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.11 did not properly check that a user requesting
The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up
The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and includin
The The Plus Addons for Elementor - Elementor Addons, Page Templates, Widgets, Mega Menu, WooCommerce plugin for WordPre
The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file reads in versions up to, and includin
Missing Authorization vulnerability in POSIMYTH The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Lite the-plus-addons-for-elem
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in POSIMYTH The Plus
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in POSIMYTH The Plus
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in POSIMYTH The Plus
The The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via several of the p
GitHub PoC
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