CVE-2024-6824

Premium Addons for Elementor <= 4.10.38 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Content Deletion and Arbitrary Title Update

2024-08-07 00:00
stealthcopter

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.10.39
Affected Plugin
Premium Addons for Elementor – Elementor Templates, Widgets & MCP Tools
Affected Version
<= 4.10.38
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-6824
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At a glance

CVE-2024-6824 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Premium Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.10.38. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 4.10.39; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2024, reported by stealthcopter.

Vulnerability Overview

The Premium Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'check_temp_validity' and 'update_template_title' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.10.38. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary content and update post and page titles.

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.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Premium Addons for Elementor <= 4.10.38 carries this weakness at check_temp_validity, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. 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 Premium Addons for Elementor the fix is 4.10.39: builds <= 4.10.38 are affected, anything from 4.10.39 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.10.39, 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: Premium Addons for Elementor 4.10.39 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6824https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b2840b9e-1baf-460c-ba11-43e4279ece27https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6824

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