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GHSA-59VP-VP33-QHX3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-10 18:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 21:31

Details

The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_save_mega_menu_settings' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to enable and modify Mega Menu settings for any menu item.

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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  "modified": "2026-04-08T21:31:47Z",
  "published": "2023-01-10T18:30:27Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vulnerabilities-patched-in-royal-elementor-addons"
    },
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CVE-2022-4711 (GCVE-0-2022-4711)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-01-10 16:55 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:20

Title

Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.59 - Insufficient Access Control to Menu Settings Update

Summary

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

Wordfence

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-…
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vul…
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…	x_transferred

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
wproyal	Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor	Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.59 (semver)

Credits

Ramuel Gall

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Sightings

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-59VP-VP33-QHX3

CVE-2022-4711 (GCVE-0-2022-4711)

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