# CVE-2023-3124: Elementor Pro <= 3.11.6 - Authenticated(Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via update_page_option

> Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges by modifying arbitrary site options due to a missing capability check in Elementor Pro.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 7 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j8c-j5qm-w6xf

## What is CVE-2023-3124?

CVE-2023-3124 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in https://elementor.com/ Elementor Website Builder Pro, published on 7 Jun 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data modification due to a missing capability check on the update_page_option function in versions up to, and including, 3.11.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level capabilities to update arbitrary site options, which can lead to privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3124?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Elementor Elementor Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3124?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3124 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2023-3124 PoC (github_poc): https://github.com/AmirWhiteHat/CVE-2023-3124

## Other vulnerabilities in https://elementor.com/ Elementor Website Builder Pro

- [CVE-2020-26596](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26596/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-35656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35656/): WordPress Elementor Pro <= 3.21.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-1364](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1364/): Elementor Website Builder Pro <= 3.20.1 - Authententicated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-1521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1521/): Cross-site scripting in Elementor Website Builder Pro (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-2781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2781/): Cross-site scripting in Elementor Website Builder Pro (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3124 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3124 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in https://elementor.com/ Elementor Website Builder Pro, published on 7 Jun 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-2023-3124 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: https://elementor.com/ Elementor Website Builder Pro. 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-2023-3124/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3124/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3124
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3124
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3124

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3124/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.