CVE-2026-11905: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in elemntor Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
Description
The Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.3 via the 'keys_conversion_map' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to extract the full post_content and plaintext post_password of private, draft, pending, and future posts belonging to any author, including Administrators and Editors.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
elemntor
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-11905 is a CWE-862 Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin (versions <=4.2.3). It allows authenticated users with contributor or higher privileges to extract sensitive data such as full post content and plaintext post passwords of private, draft, pending, and future posts belonging to any author. The vulnerability is triggered through the 'keys_conversion_map' parameter. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 4.3, indicating a medium severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requiring low privileges but no user interaction.
Potential Impact
An attacker with contributor-level access or higher can access sensitive information including full post content and plaintext post passwords of posts that are private, drafts, pending, or scheduled. This exposure affects posts from any author, including high-privilege users like administrators and editors. The confidentiality of sensitive content is compromised, but integrity and availability are not impacted.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation is currently documented. Users should monitor the vendor advisory for updates. Until a fix is released, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider additional access controls or monitoring to limit exposure.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-10T16:01:48.535Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ad07aec2cdf04f65610e2c5
Added to database: 10/15/2026, 07:04:12 UTC
Last enriched: 10/15/2026, 07:18:42 UTC
Last updated: 10/15/2026, 19:00:27 UTC
Views: 19
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