The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check during template deletion in the function wpr_create_template in versions up to, and including, 1.3.55. Furthermore, the plugin does not verify whether the deleted post is a template. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to delete arbitrary posts and pages.
CVE-2022-4102 is a high severity with CVSS 8.1 Authorization Bypass issue affecting the Plugin Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor. It affects Versions up to 1.3.55 and is fixed in 1.3.56.
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CVE-2022-4102 is tracked for the Plugin Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor as high severity with CVSS 8.1. The affected range is Versions up to 1.3.55. Update Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor to 1.3.56 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
royal-elementor-addons
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2022-4102 |
| Patched Versions |
1.3.56
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.3.55
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Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.78 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Royal Addons for Elementor <= 1.7.1049 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload via main.php Upload Bypass
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.94 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload
Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.55 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
Royal Addons for Elementor <= 1.7.1056 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'status' Parameter in wpr_update_form_action_meta
Royal Addons for Elementor <= 1.7.1057 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Server-Side Request Forgery via CSV URL Parameter
Royal Elementor Addons <=1.3.55 - Missing Authorization to Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Creation
Royal Addons for Elementor <= 1.7.1058 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title_tag' Parameter
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