Essential Addons for Elementor <= 5.0.4 - Local File Inclusion

9.8
Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
CVE CVE-2022-0320
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published January 21, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Wai Yan Myo Thet

Description

The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 5.0.5 does not validate and sanitise some template data before it them in include statements, which could allow unauthenticated attackers to perform Local File Inclusion attack and read arbitrary files on the server, this could also lead to RCE via user uploaded files or other LFI to RCE techniques.

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Vulnerability Details for Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug essential-addons-for-elementor-lite (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.0.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • 1.0.0 - 5.0.4
Patched Version
  • 5.0.5

Recent vulnerabilities in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets < 6.6.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-13344 6.4 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte July 30, 2026
2 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets < 6.6.10 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-13345 5.3 Revanth Hari Narayana Matte July 30, 2026
3 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.6.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Fancy Text Widget CVE-2026-15145 6.4 Asaf Mozes July 20, 2026
4 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.6.11 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Reading Progress Global Color Settings CVE-2026-15156 6.4 Jonah Burgess (CryptoCat) July 20, 2026
5 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.6.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Account Takeover via Email Header Injection CVE-2026-15155 8.8 Jonah Burgess (CryptoCat) July 10, 2026
6 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.6.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Event Calendar Widget Popup CVE-2026-6459 6.4 Dmitrii Ignatyev July 7, 2026
7 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via 'load_more' AJAX Handler CVE-2026-7665 5.3 Anirudh Makkar June 5, 2026
8 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets <= 6.5.13 - Authenticated (Author+) Limited Privilege Escalation via register_user CVE-2026-5193 6.5 Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada) May 13, 2026
9 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets < 6.6.0 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-25440 5.3 Que Thanh Tuan April 22, 2026
10 Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.5.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Info Box Widget CVE-2026-1512 6.4 iwd - Prysm Sec February 13, 2026

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