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CVE-2021-42360: On sites that also had the Elementor plugin for WordPress installed, it was possible for users with the edit_posts capability, which includes Contributor-level users, to import blocks onto any page...
CVE-2021-42360 · published 4 years ago
Summary
On sites that also had the Elementor plugin for WordPress installed, it was possible for users with the edit_posts capability, which includes Contributor-level users, to import blocks onto any page using the astra-page-elementor-batch-process AJAX action. An attacker could craft and host a block con...
What to do
The CVE record does not list a fixed version. Check the vendor's site or the advisory links below - a fix may already be released.
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| brainstormforce | starter_templates |
<= 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:starter_templates:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
Original advisory text
On sites that also had the Elementor plugin for WordPress installed, it was possible for users with the edit_posts capability, which includes Contributor-level users, to import blocks onto any page...
On sites that also had the Elementor plugin for WordPress installed, it was possible for users with the edit_posts capability, which includes Contributor-level users, to import blocks onto any page using the astra-page-elementor-batch-process AJAX action. An attacker could craft and host a block containing malicious JavaScript on a server they controlled, and then use it to overwrite any post or page by sending an AJAX request with the action set to astra-page-elementor-batch-process and the url parameter pointed to their remotely-hosted malicious block, as well as an id parameter containing the post or page to overwrite. Any post or page that had been built with Elementor, including published pages, could be overwritten by the imported block, and the malicious JavaScript in the imported block would then be executed in the browser of any visitors to that page.
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/11/over-1-million-sites-impacted-by-vulnerab... Exploit Third Party Advisory
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker partial control
Type
CWE-79Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
CWE-99Improper Control of Resource Identifiers ('Resource Injection')
CWE-284Improper Access Control
Timeline
Published17 Nov 2021
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen29 Sep 2026
Sources
CVE-2021-42360 · NVD
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