CVE-2021-42360

HIGH

Starter Templates < 2.7.0 - Authenticated Arbitrary Post Overwrite via astra-page-elementor-batch-process AJAX Action

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.6
EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 43.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-284 CWE-79 CWE-99
Status published
Products (1)
brainstormforce/starter_templates < 2.7.0
Published Nov 17, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026