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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-24175 in the critical feed json

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 4.1.7 - Authentication Bypass

published 2021-04-05 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11089

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.2%
EPSS 17.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.7 was being actively exploited to by malicious actors to bypass authentication, allowing unauthenticated users to log in as any user (including admin) by just providing the related username, as well as create accounts with arbitrary roles, such as admin. These issues can be exploited even if registration is disabled, and the Login widget is not active.

Patch / fix

  • posimyth the_plus_addons_for_elementor 4.1.7

Exploit prediction

17.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder < 4.1.7 - Authentication Bypass nuclei detection template
  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c311feef-7041-4c21-9525-132b9bd32f89 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Unknown The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.