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CVE-2023-32243

Improper Authentication vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from 5.4.0 through 5.7.1.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 32.5

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 32.5

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 19.5 · diversity 13.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Mention score
19.5
6 evidence mentions in the snapshot
Diversity score
13.0
4 sources across 2 categories
KEV score
0.0
No KEV entry observed
OTX score
0.0
0 OTX pulses
PoC score
0.0
0 repos · best confidence N/A
Best PoC traction
0
Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions
0
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Peak daily
0
highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first
6 source links · newest first
  • 22nd May – Threat Intelligence ReportCheck Point Research

    For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 22nd May, please download our Threat_Intelligence Bulletin TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES PharMerica, a provider of pharmacy services across the U.S., disclosed a data breach impacting approximately 5.8 million of its patients. Money Message ransomware gang claimed the attack during April, and threatened to leak […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comMay 22, 2023, 2:43 PM
  • Last week, there were 139 vulnerabilities disclosed in 105 WordPress Plugins and 2 WordPress themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 47 Vulnerability Researchers that contributed to WordPress Security last week. Review those vulnerabilities in this report now to ensure your site is not affected. Our mission with … Read More

    vendorwww.wordfence.comMay 18, 2023, 12:45 PM
  • On May 11 2023, Essential Addons for Elementor, a WordPress plugin with over one million active installations, released a patch for a critical vulnerability that made it possible for any unauthenticated user to reset arbitrary user passwords, including user accounts with administrative-level access. This vulnerability was discovered and responsibly disclosed by security researcher Rafie Muhammed. … Read More

    vendorwww.wordfence.comMay 17, 2023, 4:33 PM
  • 15th May – Threat Intelligence ReportCheck Point Research

    For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 15th May, please download our Threat_Intelligence Bulletin TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The Swedish-Swiss multinational automation company ABB has been a victim of a ransomware attack conducted by the Russian Black Basta ransomware group. The threat actors have attacked the company’s Windows Active Directory, affecting […]

    vendorresearch.checkpoint.comMay 15, 2023, 1:58 PM
  • Exploitation of a critical vulnerability in the Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin started immediately after a patch was released.

    newswww.securityweek.comMay 12, 2023, 8:45 AM
  • Experts warn of an unauthenticated privilege escalation flaw in the popular Essential ‘Addons for Elementor’ WordPress plugin. Essential ‘Addons for Elementor’ WordPress plugin is a collection of 90+ creative elements and extensions Enhance that allow admins to enhance Elementor page building experience. The plugin has more than one million active installations. Researchers from PatchStack discovered that […]

    newssecurityaffairs.comMay 12, 2023, 5:16 AM

Exploit code

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