# CVE-2024-0516: Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.87 - Missing Authorization via wpr_update_form_action_meta

> Unauthenticated attackers can update post metadata due to missing capability checks in the Royal Elementor Addons plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r3f5-wxc6-qc5c

## What is CVE-2024-0516?

CVE-2024-0516 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized post metadata update due to a missing capability check on the wpr_update_form_action_meta function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.87. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update certain metadata.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0516?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0516?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0516 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0516 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0516 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-2024-0516 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0516 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Royal-Elementor-Addons Royal Elementor Addons, published on 20 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0516 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-2024-0516/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0516/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0516
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0516
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0516

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0516/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.