Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder <= 4.1.6 — Authentication Bypass
CVE-2021-24175Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <4.1.7Update to 4.1.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro theplus_elementor_addon
- Affected< 4.1.7
- Patched in4.1.7
Update to 4.1.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 4.1.7. Version 4.1.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.1.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Seravo.
The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 was being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any user (including admin) by just providing the related username, as well as create accounts with arbitrary roles, such as admin. These issues can be exploited even if registration is disabled, and the Login widget is not active.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
<6.3.7Update to 6.3.7
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤6.3.6Update to 6.3.7
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via WP Login and Register Widget
≤5.5.6Update to 5.6.0
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion
≤5.5.6Update to 5.6.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Heading Title Widget
≤5.5.4Update to 5.5.5
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.