CVE-2023-4723

Elementor Addon Elements <= 1.12.7 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure

2023-11-15 00:00
Marco Wotschka

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.12.8
Affected Plugin
Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements)
Affected Version
<= 1.12.7
CVSS
5.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2023-4723
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At a glance

CVE-2023-4723 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.12.7. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.12.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2023, reported by Marco Wotschka.

Vulnerability Overview

The Elementor Addon Elements plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 1.12.7 via the ajax_eae_post_data function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including post/page ids and titles including those of with pending/draft/future/private status.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) <= 1.12.7 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) the fix is 1.12.8: builds <= 1.12.7 are affected, anything from 1.12.8 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.12.8, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) 1.12.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4723https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/89489218-263f-4157-a5cd-a12bc6a0dfe6https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4723

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