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CVE-2021-4446: Essential Addons for Elementor <= 4.6.4 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to perform many unauthorized actions such as changing settings and installing arbitrary plugins.

Affected products

• wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets: before 4.6.5 — fixed in 4.6.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 4.6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2526471%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&new=2526471%40essential-addons-for-elementor-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/283fb581-8b61-4008-a5c4-2e1490fab33e?source=cve

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