CVE-2026-23543

Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.5.5 - Missing Authorization

mediumMissing Authorization

5.3

CVSS Score

5.3

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

6.5.6

Patched in

168d

Time to patch

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

None

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=6.5.5

PublishedNovember 18, 2025

Last updatedMay 4, 2026

Affected pluginessential-addons-for-elementor-lite

Source Code

WordPress.org SVN

Vulnerable v6.5.5

Browse source Download .zip

Patched v6.5.6

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References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/063b50e3-1369-4240-b695-6ac336f4ea75?source=api-prod

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