CVE-2021-4445

Premium Addons for Elementor <= 4.5.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Arbitrary Option Update

The Premium Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Option Updates in versions up to, and including, 4.5.1. This is due to missing capability and nonce checks in the pa_dismiss_admin_notice AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated subscriber+ attackers to change arbitrary options with a restricted value of 1 on vulnerable WordPress sites.

Affected

leap13 · Premium Addons for Elementor – Powerful Elementor Templates & Widgets

CVSS v3.1 NVD

4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 35th percentile

Published

2024-10-16

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e5b3608-1dfc-468f-b3ae-12ce7c25ee6c

Security advisories

• https://ithemes.com/blog/wordpress-vulnerability-report-september-2021-part-2/#ib-toc-anc…
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cffb26bc-3d3f-4593-bb36-d2abcd6…
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2590819%…
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/premium-addons-for-elementor

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry