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CVE-2021-24175 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/	CVE	Broken Link
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://posimyth.ticksy.com/ticket/2713734/	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/03/critical-0-day-in-the-plus-addons-for-elementor-allows-site-takeover/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-287	Improper Authentication	[email protected]
CWE-287	Improper Authentication	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
posimyth the plus addons for elementor	< 4.1.7
CPE cpe:2.3:a:posimyth:the_plus_addons_for_elementor::::::wordpress::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 9, 2021	Initial Analysis	[email protected]