CVE-2022-4705 Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.59 - Insufficient Access Control to Template Activation
Authenticated users can improperly activate site configuration templates due to missing access controls in the Royal Elementor Addons plugin.
- 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-2022-4705?
CVE-2022-4705 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_final_settings_setup' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to finalize activation of preset site configuration templates, which can be chosen and imported via a separate action documented in CVE-2022-4704.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4705?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4705?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4705 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-2022-4705 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4705 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-797h-77wr-83m6.