CVE-2026-40763
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 WP Royal Royal Elementor Addons royal-elementor-addons allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Royal Elementor Addons: from n/a through <= 1.7.1056.
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 Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access functionality that should be restricted, due to incorrectly configured access control security levels.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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 Royal Elementor Addons is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate Royal Elementor Addons, or check the plugin files for version information in the main plugin file headerAffected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Identify installed versionRead the version number from the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/royal-elementor-addons/royal-elementor-addons.php or check the plugin admin pageAffected if Version is older than the latest patched version (when available) or cannot be determined to be patched
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Test for unauthorized access to sensitive actionsSend a direct POST/GET request to common plugin action endpoints (such as wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rea_*) without authentication or valid nonce, using a tool like curl or Burp SuiteAffected if The request is processed without requiring login or returning a permission error
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Inspect plugin action handlers for capability checksExamine the plugin PHP files for function calls like current_user_can(), check_admin_referer(), or wp_verify_nonce() on sensitive AJAX handlers and form processing endpointsAffected if Sensitive actions lack capability checks or nonce validation before executing
A user is affected if Royal Elementor Addons is installed and active with a vulnerable version where sensitive plugin actions can be accessed without authentication or proper authorization validation.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpdate to the latest version of Royal Elementor Addons when available, or implement proper capability checks and nonce validation on sensitive plugin actions/endpoints.
Latest version of Royal Elementor Addons (greater than 1.7.1056)
- 1. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard
- 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- 3. Locate 'Royal Elementor Addons' in the plugin list
- 4. Check the current installed version (should be <= 1.7.1056)
- 5. Click 'Update Now' if an update is available, or manually download the latest version from wordpress.org
- 6. After updating, verify the new version is installed (should be > 1.7.1056)
- 7. Test that the plugin's admin functionality works correctly post-update
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-40763 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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