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WordPress Plugin: stax-addons-for-elementor: CVE-2023-2189: Missing Authorization

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

Published

Jun 8, 2023

Added

May 15, 2025

Modified

Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

Solution

stax-addons-for-elementor-plugin-cve-2023-2189

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2189
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=api-prod
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-33705
CVE-2023-2189
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2023-2189
CWE-862
EUVD-EUVD-2023-33705

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