CVE-2023-5922VulnerabilityPublished 16 Jan 2024Updated 2 Jun 2025

CVE-2023-5922: Royal Elementor Addons and Templates (WordPress plugin) · Insecure Direct Object Reference

Affects Royal Elementor Addons and Templates (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High · fixed in 1.3.81 : patch Royal Elementor Addons and Templates (WordPress plugin) soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 08:30 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 53% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 1.3.81

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 16 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Unknown Royal Elementor Addons and Templates	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations using the Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin should immediately update to version 1.3.81 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. If updating is not immediately possible, temporarily disabling the plugin or the vulnerable AJAX actions can reduce risk. Additionally, organizations should audit their WordPress installations to identify any instances of this plugin and verify that no sensitive content is exposed via draft or private posts. Implementing strict access controls and monitoring for unusual AJAX requests targeting post content can help detect exploitation attempts. Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) can be configured to block suspicious requests to the AJAX endpoints associated with this plugin. Regular security assessments and plugin inventory management are recommended to prevent similar issues. Finally, organizations should educate content creators about the risks of storing sensitive information in draft or private posts without additional protections.

Description

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

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive internal content, including unpublished articles, confidential project details, or proprietary information stored as draft or private posts. This exposure can damage organizational reputation, violate data protection regulations such as GDPR by leaking personal or sensitive data, and potentially provide attackers with intelligence for further targeted attacks. Organizations in sectors like media, government, education, and enterprises using WordPress for internal or external communication are particularly at risk. The breach of confidentiality could also undermine trust with customers and partners. Although the vulnerability does not allow modification or disruption of content, the unauthorized access alone can have serious compliance and operational consequences.

CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #24OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
Architecture and Design
For each and every data access, ensure that the user has sufficient privilege to access the record that is being requested.
Architecture and Design · Implementation
Make sure that the key that is used in the lookup of a specific user's record is not controllable externally by the user or that any tampering can be detected.
Architecture and Design
Use encryption in order to make it more difficult to guess other legitimate values of the key or associate a digital signature with the key so that the server can verify that there has been no tampering.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Access Control (opens in a new tab)
Authorization Testing Automation (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Insecure Direct Object Reference Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V4.1.2 (opens in a new tab)
V4.2.1 (opens in a new tab)
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/debd8498-5770-4270-9ee1-1503e675ef34/ (opens in a new tab)

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What to do

Affected software

Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 3 Jul 2025, 17:01 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-639

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