Ultimate Addons for Elementor < 1.20.1 — Authentication Bypass
ee678085-ce74-4a35-9d90-3b94a3d39a8ePublished · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.20.1Update to 1.20.1 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?
Ultimate Addons for Elementor ultimate-elementor
- Affected< 1.20.1
- Patched in1.20.1
Update to 1.20.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.20.1. Version 1.20.1 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.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.20.1, 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 MalCare.
The Ultimate Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check when logging in by Google or Facebook in versions up to, and including, 1.20.0. This makes it possible for attackers to authenticate as any other user, including an administrator.
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 ≤1.36.31Update to 1.36.32 | CVE-2024-37455 | |
| 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 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.45.2Update to 1.45.2.1
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
≤1.36.31Update to 1.36.32
- 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
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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.