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WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

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Known to be exploited Active attempts logged
9.8
Critical severity CVSS 3.1 score

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Solution

Fixed

Update the WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin to the latest available version (at least 5.7.2).

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Rafie Muhammad (Patchstack) discovered and reported this Privilege Escalation vulnerability in WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin. This could allow a malicious actor to escalate their low privileged account to something with higher privileges. After this they could take full control of the website if high privileges are gained. This vulnerability has been fixed in version 5.7.2.

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