Jeg Kit for Elementor <= 3.2.19 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'jeg_find_author' AJAX Action
What fixes it
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Description
The JNews - Jeg Elementor Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on both the 'jkit_post_block' and 'jeg_find_author' AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 3.2.19. The 'wp_ajax_jkit_post_block' handler (registered generically for every element via wp_ajax_{$element_id} in Elements_Option_Abstract::setup_hook) returns the element's full option schema — including a freshly minted wp_create_nonce('jeg_find_author') — to any authenticated caller, and the 'wp_ajax_jeg_find_author' handler then runs a WP_User_Query with the attacker-supplied 'query' wrapped in '*…*' against search_columns that include user_email, echoing the ID and display_name of every matching user. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to enumerate every registered user of the site and to reconstruct arbitrary users' email addresses one character at a time by using the substring search as an oracle.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets & Templates for WordPressaffected: all versions through 3.2.19CVE List
References 5
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/936186f9-185a-481e-a8df-5a2a3def9188?source=cveReferencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jeg-elementor-kit/tags/3.2.19/lib/jeg-element/includes/class/class-ajax.php#L101Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jeg-elementor-kit/tags/3.2.19/lib/jeg-element/includes/class/elements/class-elements-option-abstract.php#L106Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/jeg-elementor-kit/tags/3.2.19/lib/jeg-element/includes/class/elements/class-elements-option-abstract.php#L63Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3722837/jeg-elementor-kitReferencevia CVE List