News Kit Addons For Elementor: Subscriber installation and activation of a designated plugin
A Subscriber or higher can invoke an authenticated AJAX action without the required capability check to install and activate a designated plugin from WordPress.org. The export duplicates the affected product name where it describes the installation target, so the target identity is unclear; it does not establish arbitrary-plugin installation. The AJAX action and parameter names are not disclosed. News Kit Addons For Elementor versions before 1.4.9 are affected; the authoritative record identifies 1.4.9 as fixed.
- Component
- News Kit Addons For Elementor
- Plugin slug
news-kit-elementor-addons- Affected
- < 1.4.9
- Safe version
1.4.9- Published
- Oct 24, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Oct 24, 2026 and is one of 8 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
The authoritative export identifies 1.4.9 as fixed. Update to the applicable fixed release or a later supported release. Enforce server-side caller, object and operation permissions at the disclosed trust boundary; do not treat knowledge of identifiers or a nonce as authorization.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to install and activate a specific News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 from the WordPress.org repository.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N