vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: elementor: CVE-2022-1329: Missing Authorization

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 13, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

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.

Solution

elementor-plugin-cve-2022-1329
Title
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