CVE-2023-0329: elementor website_builder SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-0329 is a high (CVSS 7.2) SQL Injection vulnerability in elementor website_builder. EPSS estimates a 19.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.12.2.

Timeline

1. 30-05-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 23-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 3.12.2 does not properly sanitize and escape the Replace URL parameter in the Tools module before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with the Administrator role.

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.