VDB-239926 · CVE-2023-41955 · GCVE-0-2023-41955

Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.8.8 on WordPress privileges management

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7.9	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.8.8 on WordPress. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-41955. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 5.8.8 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin) and classified as critical. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from n/a through 5.8.8.

The weakness was released 09/19/2023. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-41955 since 09/06/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/07/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 8.8
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/06/2023 🔍
09/19/2023 +13 days 🔍
09/19/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/07/2025 +535 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-41955 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-41955
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-239926

Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2023 10:28
Updated: 03/07/2025 02:19
Changes: 09/19/2023 10:28 (35), 03/07/2025 02:19 (38)
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