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CVE-2021-4447 — Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets [essential-addons-for-elementor-lite] < 4.6.5

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2021-4447 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets [essential-addons-for-elementor-lite] < 4.6.5 Missing Authorization High 8.8 < 4.6.5 4.6.5 2021-05-05 —

CVE-2021-4447

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin through version 4.6.4 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by inadequate access controls on registration form functionality. An attacker with Elementor page builder access can create a registration form that assigns new users the administrator role by default, allowing them to register as an admin. This flaw was fixed in version 4.6.5.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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