Royal Addons lets unauthenticated users alter post tracking metadata
Royal Addons for Elementor before 1.7.1066 relies only on a publicly scrapeable nonce before writing like-count and visitor-tracking metadata for an attacker-selected post ID. An unauthenticated attacker can modify that metadata on any post, including private and draft posts.
- Component
- Royal Addons for Elementor
- Plugin slug
royal-elementor-addons- Affected
- < 1.7.1066
- Safe version
1.7.1066- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
This CVE was published Aug 26, 2026 and is one of 81 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update to 1.7.1066 or later and review like-count and visitor-tracking metadata on public, private, and draft posts for unauthorized changes.
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 Royal Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.7.1066 does not perform any capability or ownership check (relying only on a publicly-scrapeable nonce) before writing like-count and visitor-tracking post meta keyed on an arbitrary post ID, allowing unauthenticated users to modify that metadata on any post, including private and draft posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N