CVE-2023-1169: OoohBoi Steroids for Elementor <= 2.1.4 - Missing Authorization leading to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Image Upload

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-06-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The OoohBoi Steroids for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization due to a missing capability check on the 'file_uploader_callback' function in versions up to, and including, 2.1.4. This makes it possible for subscriber-level attackers to upload image attachments to the site.

Affected products

sagarpatel124 OoohBoi Steroids for Elementor: through 2.1.4

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ooohboi-steroids-for-elementor/tags/2.1.3/inc/exopite-simple-options/upload-class.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2888622/ooohboi-steroids-for-elementor/tags/2.1.5/inc/exopite-simple-options/upload-class.php?old=2874981&old_path=ooohboi-steroids-for-elementor%2Ftags%2F2.1.4%2Finc%2Fexopite-simple-options%2Fupload-class.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c56ed896-9267-49e6-a207-fe5362fe18cd?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ooohboi-steroids-for-elementor/tags/2.1.3/inc/exopite-simple-options/upload-class.php
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2888622/ooohboi-steroids-for-elementor/tags/2.1.5/inc/exopite-simple-options/upload-class.php?old=2874981&old_path=ooohboi-steroids-for-elementor%2Ftags%2F2.1.4%2Finc%2Fexopite-simple-options%2Fupload-class.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c56ed896-9267-49e6-a207-fe5362fe18cd?source=cve

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