# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6c3p-42w5-vj8q

## 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 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4702?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5360/): Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.79 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1567/): Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.94 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2023-5922](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5922/): Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.81 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Read (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-56226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56226/): WordPress Royal Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.7.1001 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2025-39361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39361/): WordPress Royal Elementor Addons plugin <= 1.7.1017 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4702 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4702 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4702/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4702/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4702
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4702
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4702

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4702/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.