Spexo Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Widgets and Templates: A security weakness
Spexo Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Widgets and Templates is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Spexo Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Widgets and Templates
- Plugin slug
spexo-addons-for-elementor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 24, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 24, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Spexo Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Widgets and Templates to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
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 Spexo Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Widgets and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the tmpcoder_theme_install_func() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install a theme.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N