Elementor Page BuilderWordPress extension · Elementor
CVE-2017-18596
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe elementor plugin before 1.8.0 for WordPress has incorrect access control for internal functions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Elementor WordPress plugin before version 1.8.0 contains a broken access control vulnerability where internal functions lack proper capability checks, allowing authenticated users (potentially with low-privileged roles) to access and execute administrative functions they should not have permission to use.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Elementor Page BuilderWordPress extension
< 1.8.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Elementor plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Elementor' or check the /wp-content/plugins/elementor/ directory existsAffected if Elementor plugin is present on the WordPress site
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Check installed Elementor versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Elementor and view the version number, or check the version in the plugin header comment in /wp-content/plugins/elementor/elementor.phpAffected if Version is visible and is lower than 1.8.0 (e.g., 1.7.x, 1.6.x, etc.)
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Confirm user role access configurationIn WordPress admin, go to Users > Roles or Elementor > Role Manager to see which user roles have access to Elementor featuresAffected if Any authenticated user role (subscriber, contributor, author, editor) is granted access to Elementor editor or admin functions
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Inspect capability assignments for ElementorCheck the database wp_options table for elementor_* settings, or use a user role editor plugin to review which capabilities are assigned to each roleAffected if Roles other than Administrator have capabilities that should be restricted to admin-level users
You are affected if the Elementor plugin is installed and its version is below 1.8.0, regardless of which user roles have access to the plugin features.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data1.8.0
Update the Elementor plugin to version 1.8.0 or later. If immediate update is not possible, restrict user role permissions and monitor for suspicious administrative actions.
Fix this in Elementor Page Builder
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation2.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2017-18596 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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