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CVE-2024-50442: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in WP Royal Royal Elementor Addons

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VulnerabilityCVE-2024-50442cvecve-2024-50442
Published: Mon Oct 28 2024 (10/28/2024, 11:14:54 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: WP Royal
Product: Royal Elementor Addons

Description

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in WP Royal Royal Elementor Addons royal-elementor-addons allows XML Injection.This issue affects Royal Elementor Addons: from n/a through <= 1.3.980.

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AILast updated: 05/12/2026, 05:01:20 UTC

Technical Analysis

The WP Royal Royal Elementor Addons plugin suffers from an improper restriction of XML External Entity (XXE) references, allowing XML injection attacks. This affects versions up to and including 1.3.980. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely over the network but requires high privileges on the system and does not need user interaction. The impact includes potential high confidentiality and availability damage. No vendor advisory or patch information is available at this time.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to disclosure of confidential information and disruption of service (availability impact). The attack requires high privileges, limiting the ease of exploitation. There are no known active exploits in the wild as of the published date.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should monitor for updates from WP Royal and consider restricting access to the plugin functionality to trusted users with high privileges to reduce risk.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2024-10-24T07:25:59.270Z
Cvss Version
null
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 69cd74ebe6bfc5ba1df01c7b

Added to database: 4/1/2026, 7:41:31 PM

Last enriched: 5/12/2026, 5:01:20 AM

Last updated: 5/21/2026, 8:01:32 PM

Views: 23

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