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CVE-2023-5922: royal elementor addons vulnerability
CVE-2023-5922: high vulnerability affecting royal elementor addons. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH
- EPSS
- 49.75%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- royal elementor addons
What is known
The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates WordPress plugin before 1.3.81 does not ensure that users accessing posts via an AJAX action (and REST endpoint, currently disabled in the plugin) have the right to do so, allowing unauthenticated users to access arbitrary draft, private and password protected posts/pages content
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2023-5922, a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) affecting royal elementor addons, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether royal elementor addons is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.