VulnerabilityPublished 15 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-11363: Royal Addons for Elementor (WordPress plugin) · Unrestricted File Upload

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

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:54 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

5.3Medium

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
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: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on 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 15 Dec 2025
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 or the CVSS exploit maturity 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
Royal Addons for Elementor	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Monitor official Royal Addons for Elementor channels for the release of version 1.7.1037 or later that addresses this vulnerability and apply the update immediately upon availability.
Until a patch is available, implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block or restrict access to the wpr_addons_upload_file endpoint, limiting file upload attempts from unauthenticated sources.
Enforce strict file type validation and scanning on all uploaded files to detect and quarantine potentially dangerous content.
Restrict file permissions on the server to prevent execution of uploaded files in upload directories.
Conduct regular security audits and monitoring of web server logs to detect anomalous upload activity.
Employ intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) tuned to detect exploitation attempts targeting this vulnerability.
Educate site administrators about the risks of using outdated plugins and the importance of timely updates.
Consider temporarily disabling the Royal Addons for Elementor plugin if it is not critical to operations until a patch is available.

Description

The Royal Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.7.1037 does not have proper authorisation, allowing unauthenticated users to upload media files via the wpr_addons_upload_file action.

Impact

For European organizations, this vulnerability poses a moderate risk primarily to websites using the Royal Addons for Elementor plugin. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to upload malicious files, leading to website defacement, malware distribution, or pivoting to deeper network compromise. This can damage organizational reputation, cause service disruptions, and potentially lead to data integrity issues if attackers modify or replace legitimate content. Since WordPress powers a significant portion of European websites, especially in sectors like e-commerce, media, and public services, the impact could be widespread. Organizations with less mature patch management or security monitoring are particularly vulnerable. Additionally, regulatory frameworks such as GDPR impose strict requirements on data integrity and security, so exploitation could result in compliance violations and penalties. The medium severity score suggests that while the threat is not critical, it should not be ignored, especially given the ease of exploitation and the potential for chained attacks.

CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: MediumCWE Top 25 (2025): #12OWASP Top 10 A06:2025: Insecure Design (opens in a new tab)
The product allows the upload or transfer of dangerous file types that are automatically processed within its environment.
Architecture and Design
Generate a new, unique filename for an uploaded file instead of using the user-supplied filename, so that no external input is used at all.
Architecture and Design · Enforcement by Conversion
When the set of acceptable objects, such as filenames or URLs, is limited or known, create a mapping from a set of fixed input values (such as numeric IDs) to the actual filenames or URLs, and reject all other inputs.
Architecture and Design
Consider storing the uploaded files outside of the web document root entirely. Then, use other mechanisms to deliver the files dynamically.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Server Side Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Web Service Security (opens in a new tab)
Third Party Javascript Management (opens in a new tab)
File Upload (opens in a new tab)
Secure Design Principles (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.5.2 (opens in a new tab)
V13.1.5 (opens in a new tab)
V12.2.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/b2eadb7a-30a4-44c7-a420-849484faccf4/ (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 22 Dec 2025, 07:24 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-434

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