CVE-2022-4701
MEDIUM EXPLOITEDRoyal Elementor Addons <1.3.59 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
CVE-2022-4701 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_activate_required_plugins' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to activate the 'contact-form-7', 'media-library-assistant', or 'woocommerce' plugins if they are installed on the site.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/royal-elementor-addons/trunk/admin/templates-kit.php?rev=2833046
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2023/01/eleven-vulnerabilities-patched-in-royal-elementor-addons/
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0075
EPSS Percentile
50.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2023-02-03
CWE
CWE-285
Status
published
Products (2)
royal-elementor-addons/royal_elementor_addons
< 1.3.59
wproyal/Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
< 1.3.59
Published
Jan 10, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026