Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension <= 3.0.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 3.0.3
- Affected Version
<= 3.0.2- CVSS
- 9.8Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2022-34487
At a glance
CVE-2022-34487 is a critical-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.0.2. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.0.3; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed June 2022, reported by R3N0.
Vulnerability Overview
The "Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension" plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary options update in versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This is due to improperly configured capability checking via the permission_callback on the ShortCodeAddonsUltimate/v2/ REST API Endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary site options that can be used for complete site takeover.
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. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
Reaching this weakness in Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension <= 3.0.2 takes no account at all. 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 Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension the fix is 3.0.3: builds <= 3.0.2 are affected, anything from 3.0.3 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 3.0.3, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Shortcode Addons- with Visual Composer, Divi, Beaver Builder and Elementor Extension 3.0.3 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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External References
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