CVE-2022-4702 Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.59 - Insufficient Access Control to Plugin Deactivation
Authenticated users can deactivate all site plugins and switch themes, causing availability issues and security bypasses.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-4702?
CVE-2022-4702 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons, published on 10 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_fix_royal_compatibility' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to deactivate every plugin on the site unless it is part of an extremely limited hardcoded selection. This also switches the site to the 'royal-elementor-kit' theme, potentially resulting in availability issues.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4702?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4702?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4702 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2022-4702 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4702 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons
- CVE-2023-5360 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.79 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
- CVE-2024-1567 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.94 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload
- CVE-2023-5922 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.81 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Read
- CVE-2024-56226 WordPress Royal Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.7.1001 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- CVE-2025-39361 WordPress Royal Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.7.1017 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
All Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons vulnerabilities
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6c3p-42w5-vj8q.