CVE-2021-24175

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 4.1.7 - Authentication Bypass

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 5, 2021 at 06:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:39 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorThe Plus Addons for Elementor

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 4.1.7
Affected range stops below 4.1.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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