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CVE-2021-4447: wordpress essential-addons-for-elementor-lite Missing Authorization

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
Published 16-10-2024Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-4447 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Missing Authorization vulnerability in wordpress essential-addons-for-elementor-lite. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.6.5.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to a lack of restrictions on who can add a registration form and a custom registration role to an Elementor created page. This makes it possible for attackers with access to the Elementor page builder to create a new registration form that defaults to the user role being set to administrator and subsequently register as an administrative user.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • essential-addons-for-elementor-lite≤ 4.6.4 (fixed in 4.6.5)
Wpdeveloper1 product
Wpdevteam1 product

3 vendors · 3 products

References

3 links