CVE-2024-5179 Information

Description

The Cowidgets – Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to and including 1.1.1 via the ‘item_style’ and ‘style’ parameters. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to include and execute arbitrary files on the server allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls obtain sensitive data or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ebd6acc9-b7df-4cf8-a211-1e39f3abcf79?source=cve https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cowidgets-elementor-addons/trunk/inc/widgets-manager/widgets/content/class-ce-posts-carousel.php#L727 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cowidgets-elementor-addons/trunk/inc/widgets-manager/widgets/content/class-ce-posts-grid.php#L582 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cowidgets-elementor-addons/trunk/inc/widgets-manager/widgets/content/class-ce-testimonial-carousel.php#L600 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cowidgets-elementor-addons/trunk/inc/widgets-manager/widgets/content/class-ce-portfolio-grid.php#L707 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cowidgets-elementor-addons/trunk/inc/widgets-manager/widgets/content/class-ce-staff-carousel.php#L603 https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cowidgets-elementor-addons/trunk/inc/widgets-manager/widgets/content/class-ce-post-navigation.php#L257

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8