CVE-2020-20634 (GCVE-0-2020-20634)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-21 14:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 14:22
VLAI
Summary
Elementor 2.9.5 and below WordPress plugin allows authenticated users to activate its safe mode feature. This can be exploited to disable all security plugins on the blog.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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