Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax: A security weakness
Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax
- Plugin slug
stax-addons-for-elementor- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 09, 2023
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jun 09, 2023 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax 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 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N