CVE-2024-50442: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in WP Royal Royal Elementor Addons
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
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.
CVE-2024-50442: Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference in WP Royal 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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
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.
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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