CVE-2026-7665 Missing authorization in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
Unauthenticated attackers can access private, password-protected, or draft posts via the load_more AJAX handler in Essential Addons for Elementor.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-7665?
CVE-2026-7665 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets, published on 6 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.6.4 via the ajax_load_more function due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7665?
How do I fix CVE-2026-7665?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-7665 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-2026-7665 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7665 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vr7v-hp4j-6h8g.