CVE-2022-4701
low-risk
Published 2023-01-10
The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_activate_required_plugins' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to activate the 'contact-form-7', 'media-library-assistant', or 'woocommerce' plugins if they are installed on the site.
Do I need to act?
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0.44% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
4
CVSS 4.3/10
Medium
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (1)
Affected Vendors
References (6)
Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/admin/te...
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vulnerabilities-patched-in-royal-e...
Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/admin/te...
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vulnerabilities-patched-in-royal-e...
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55f7e39b-e7a5-462b-b1e...
25
/ 100
low-risk
Severity
18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability
2/34 · Minimal
Exposure
5/34 · Minimal