CVE-2024-11601

Sky Addons for Elementor (Free Templates Library, Live Copy, Animations, Post Grid, Post Carousel, Particles, Sliders, Chart, Blogs) <= 2.6.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Limited Arbitrary Options Update

2024-11-21 00:00
vgo0

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.6.2
Affected Plugin
Sky Addons for Elementor
Affected Version
<= 2.6.1
CVSS
8.1High
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2024-11601
View all Sky Addons for Elementor vulnerabilities

At a glance

CVE-2024-11601 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Sky Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.6.1. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.6.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2024, reported by vgo0.

Vulnerability Overview

The Sky Addons for Elementor (Free Templates Library, Live Copy, Animations, Post Grid, Post Carousel, Particles, Sliders, Chart, Blog, Video Gallery) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_options() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the WordPress site via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Please note this is limited to option values that can be saved as arrays.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity, availability.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Sky Addons for Elementor <= 2.6.1 carries this weakness at save_options(), and reaching it 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 Sky Addons for Elementor the fix is 2.6.2: builds <= 2.6.1 are affected, anything from 2.6.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.6.2, 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: Sky Addons for Elementor 2.6.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11601https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5b951fd9-0fbf-4576-80a9-dbb053c3da92https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11601

Related records

Vulnerability data © Defiant, Inc., provided under the Wordfence Intelligence T&C