CVE-2023-50884
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in LA-Studio LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor lastudio-element-kit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.1.5.
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 confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin allows attackers to access functionality that should require proper authentication and authorization checks due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.
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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
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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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Locate LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin installationSearch the web server file system for the 'lastudio-element-kit' or 'la-studio-element-kit' folder within the WordPress plugins directory (typically wp-content/plugins/)Affected if The plugin folder exists on the server
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually named index.php or plugin-name.php inside the plugin folder) and locate the version defined in the plugin header comment, or check the version stored in the WordPress database via plugin admin pageAffected if Version is lower than 1.1.6 (the vulnerable versions are any version prior to the fixed release)
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Verify plugin is active on the WordPress siteQuery the WordPress database or check the site admin plugins page to confirm the plugin status is 'active'Affected if The plugin is activated and running on the site
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Test for unauthenticated access to admin functionsSend a direct request to the plugin admin AJAX handlers or specific action endpoints (commonly /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with la_studio_kit action parameters) without providing valid authentication credentials to see if the server returns expected data or executes privileged actionsAffected if The server responds with privileged data or performs actions without requiring valid user authentication (site must be using a vulnerable version below 1.1.6)
The environment is affected if LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor is installed, active, and running a version prior to 1.1.6 where unauthorized users can access privileged functionality without proper authentication checks.
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 dataUpdate LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor to the latest version (1.1.6 or later) which contains the proper authorization controls. If immediate update is not possible, review and restrict access to the plugin's admin functions via server-side access controls.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-50884 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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