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Vulnerability · CVE-2021-4446

Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress Missing Capability Checks and Nonce Disclosure Vulnerbaility

Published Oct 15, 2024 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2024 · WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress

Patch now

CVE-2021-4446 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.26%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress · vendor WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to perform many unauthorized actions such as changing settings and installing arbitrary plugins

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  • stated Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress<= 4.6.4
  • vendor WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPressversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-4446

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-4446 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress <= 4.6.4. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.26%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 15, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to perform many unauthorized actions such as changing settings and installing arbitrary plugins

  2. Oct 15, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-4446

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-4446

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-4446

    The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscr

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.