CVE-2020-13125

Ultimate Addons for Elementor <= 1.24.1 - Registration Bypass

2020-05-06 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.24.2
Affected Plugin: Ultimate Addons for Elementor
Affected Version: < 1.24.2
CVSS: 7.2High
Weakness type: CWE-286 · Incorrect User Management
CVE: CVE-2020-13125

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At a glance

CVE-2020-13125 is a high-severity Incorrect User Management vulnerability in the Ultimate Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.24.2. It carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.24.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2020.

Vulnerability Overview

An issue was discovered in the "Ultimate Addons for Elementor" plugin before 1.24.2 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13126. Unauthenticated attackers can create users with the Subscriber role even if registration is disabled.

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-286: Incorrect User Management

The product does not properly manage a user within its environment.

Remediation

Update to version 1.24.2, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Ultimate Addons for Elementor 1.24.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-13125 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71e2db7c-53a7-4b17-b00a-ce71a00bf546 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13125

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CVSS Vector

7.2

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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