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CVE-2017-18596

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The elementor plugin before 1.8.0 for WordPress has incorrect access control for internal functions.

Affected products

• Elementor Page Builder: before 1.8.0 — fixed in 1.8.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Elementor Page Builder 1.8.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8965
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/elementor/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8965

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