Royal Elementor Addons Plugin up to 1.3.59 on WordPress AJAX Action wpr_activate_required_plugins improper authorization

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Royal Elementor Addons Plugin up to 1.3.59 on WordPress. This issue affects the function wpr_activate_required_plugins of the component AJAX Action Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-4701. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Royal Elementor Addons Plugin up to 1.3.59 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected by this issue is the function wpr_activate_required_plugins of the component AJAX Action Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_activate_required_plugins' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to activate the 'contact-form-7', 'media-library-assistant', or 'woocommerce' plugins if they are installed on the site.

The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-4701 since 12/23/2022. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

The exploit is available at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Royal Elementor Addons Plugin

Version

• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.3.6
• 1.3.7
• 1.3.8
• 1.3.9
• 1.3.10
• 1.3.11
• 1.3.12
• 1.3.13
• 1.3.14
• 1.3.15
• 1.3.16
• 1.3.17
• 1.3.18
• 1.3.19
• 1.3.20
• 1.3.21
• 1.3.22
• 1.3.23
• 1.3.24
• 1.3.25
• 1.3.26
• 1.3.27
• 1.3.28
• 1.3.29
• 1.3.30
• 1.3.31
• 1.3.32
• 1.3.33
• 1.3.34
• 1.3.35
• 1.3.36
• 1.3.37
• 1.3.38
• 1.3.39
• 1.3.40
• 1.3.41
• 1.3.42
• 1.3.43
• 1.3.44
• 1.3.45
• 1.3.46
• 1.3.47
• 1.3.48
• 1.3.49
• 1.3.50
• 1.3.51
• 1.3.52
• 1.3.53
• 1.3.54
• 1.3.55
• 1.3.56
• 1.3.57
• 1.3.58
• 1.3.59

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