CVE-2023-2189 (GCVE-0-2023-2189)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-06-09 05:33
Modified
2026-04-08 17:09
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-862 - Missing Authorization
Summary
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.
References
| URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| staxwp | Stax Addons for Elementor |
Version: 0 ≤ 1.4.3 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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