Royal Elementor AddonsWordPress extension

CVE-2022-47175

HIGH · 8.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-10-06
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.3.75 or later.
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95/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in P Royal Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin <= 1.3.75 versions.

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 confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Royal Elementor Addons and Templates WordPress plugin versions 1.3.75 and below allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by forcing their browser to send malicious requests.

MitigationUpdate the Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin to the latest version, which should include proper anti-CSRF token validation (nonces) for state-changing operations.

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
Royal Elementor AddonsWordPress extension
Affected:<= 1.3.75

CVSS 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
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Check if Royal Elementor Addons plugin is installed
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Royal Elementor Addons' or check the plugin files via FTP at wp-content/plugins/royal-elementor-addons/
    Affected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
  2. Identify the installed version
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, find Royal Elementor Addons, and check the version number displayed under the plugin name. Alternatively, read the main plugin file header at wp-content/plugins/royal-elementor-addons/royal-elementor-addons.php and look for 'Version:'
    Affected if The version number is 1.3.75 or lower
  3. Confirm vulnerability scope
    This is a CSRF vulnerability affecting state-changing operations. The vulnerability requires an authenticated user with administrator-level privileges to be tricked into clicking a malicious link while logged in. Review plugin settings and form submissions to see if they include proper nonce validation.
    Affected if The installed version is 1.3.75 or lower and no external anti-CSRF measures have been manually added to the site

The site is affected if Royal Elementor Addons plugin version 1.3.75 or lower is installed and active, allowing authenticated administrators to be exploited via CSRF attacks.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.3.75
Interim mitigation

Update the Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin to the latest version, which should include proper anti-CSRF token validation (nonces) for state-changing operations.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Latest version of Royal Elementor Addons (greater than 1.3.75)

  1. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
  2. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. Find 'Royal Elementor Addons' in the plugin list
  4. Check if an update is available and install the latest version
  5. Verify the updated version number is greater than 1.3.75

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Royal Elementor Addons Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
9.0 hours of engineering $1,600
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