Ultimate Addons for Elementor <= 1.36.31 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2024-37455Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.36.31Update to 1.36.32 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Ultimate Addons for Elementor ultimate-elementor
- Affected≤ 1.36.31
- Patched in1.36.32
Update to 1.36.32 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.36.31. Version 1.36.32 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Ultimate Addons for Elementor.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.36.32, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Ultimate Addons for Elementor to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Ngô Thiên An (ancorn_).
The Ultimate Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.36.31. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to register as an administrator on vulnerable sites.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Ultimate Addons for Elementor
All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.45.2Update to 1.45.2.1 | CVE-2026-66688 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation ≤1.36.20Update to 1.36.21 | CVE-2023-50890 | |
| Medium5.4 | Stored Cross-Site Scripting <1.30.0Update to 1.30.0 | CVE-2021-24271 | |
| High7.2 | Registration Bypass <1.24.2Update to 1.24.2 | CVE-2020-13125 | |
| Critical9.8 | Authentication Bypass <1.20.1Update to 1.20.1 | — |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.45.2Update to 1.45.2.1
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
≤1.36.20Update to 1.36.21
- Medium5.4Stored Cross-Site Scripting
<1.30.0Update to 1.30.0
- High7.2Registration Bypass
<1.24.2Update to 1.24.2
- Critical9.8Authentication Bypass
<1.20.1Update to 1.20.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. 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.