CVE-2024-3668

PowerPack Pro for Elementor <= 2.10.17 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

2024-06-07 16:16

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.10.18
Affected Plugin: PowerPack Pro for Elementor
Affected Version: <= 2.10.17
CVSS: 8.8High
Weakness type: CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CVE: CVE-2024-3668

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At a glance

CVE-2024-3668 is a high-severity Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in the PowerPack Pro for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.10.17. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.10.18; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2024, reported by Ankit Patel.

Vulnerability Overview

The PowerPack Pro for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.17. This is due to the plugin not restricting low privileged users from setting a default role for a registration form. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to create a registration form with administrator set as the default role and then register as an administrator.

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 interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

Remediation

Update to version 2.10.18, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: PowerPack Pro for Elementor 2.10.18 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3668 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/249ccc77-0daf-41bc-b5c5-991bf17d645d https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3668

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CVSS Vector

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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