Royal Elementor Addons Plugin up to 1.3.59 on WordPress Setting wpr_final_settings_setup access control

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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. This impacts the function wpr_final_settings_setup of the component Setting Handler. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-4705. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in Royal Elementor Addons Plugin up to 1.3.59 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function wpr_final_settings_setup of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_final_settings_setup' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to finalize activation of preset site configuration templates, which can be chosen and imported via a separate action documented in CVE-2022-4704.

The weakness was disclosed 01/10/2023. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-4705 since 12/23/2022. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

It is possible to download the exploit 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.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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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