CVE-2022-1329: Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 92.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file that make it possible for attackers to modify site data in addition to uploading malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2.

Affected products

Elementor Website Builder: from 3.6.0 through 3.6.2

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168615/WordPress-Elementor-3.6.2-Shell-Upload.html
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2708766/elementor/trunk/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php
https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2022/04/12/5-million-install-wordpress-plugin-elementor-contains-authenticated-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability/
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/04/elementor-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability/

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