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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2023-32243 in the critical feed json

WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

published 2023-05-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-36500

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
75.5%
EPSS 75.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Improper Authentication vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from 5.4.0 through 5.7.1.

Patch / fix

  • WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor 5.7.2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

75.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template WordPress Elementor Lite 5.7.1 - Arbitrary Password Reset nuclei detection template
  • patchstack.com https://patchstack.com/articles/critical-privilege-escalation-in-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-affecting-1-million-sites?_s_id=cve referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172457/WordPress-Elementor-Lite-5.7.1-Arbitrary-Password-Reset.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.