Elementor Website Builder 3.6.0 - 3.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Remote Code Execution
Noroxi assessment
Priority: This week (action score 63/100)
- A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
- Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 92.6% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.8% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized execution of several AJAX actions due to a missing capability check in the ~/core/app/modules/onboarding/module.php file that make it possible for attackers to modify site data in addition to uploading malicious files that can be used to obtain remote code execution, in versions 3.6.0 to 3.6.2.
- Published
- Apr 19, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 92.6% · 99th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-434
Report tools
Action score
63
This week
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- CVSS
- 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 28 / 30 · 92.6%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 8.8
- CNA · Wordfence
- 8.8
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| elementor | website builder | cpe:2.3:a:elementor:website_builder |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- elementor website builder3.6.0 and later · up to 3.6.2 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
elemntor Elementor Website Builder
- 3.6.0, 3.6.1, 3.6.2affected
Same product
elementor: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-7109The Elementor Page Builder plugin before 2.8.4 for WordPress does not sanitize data during creation of a new template.40Plan
- CVE-2023-47504WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.16.4 - Auth. Arbitrary Attachment Read vulnerability39Monitor
- CVE-2023-48777WordPress Elementor plugin 3.3.0-3.18.1 - Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability36Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2021-24206Apr 5, 2021 · Elementor < 3.1.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Image Box Widget21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2021-24891Nov 23, 2021 · Elementor < 3.4.8 - DOM Cross-Site-Scripting32Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-29455Jun 13, 2022 · WordPress Elementor plugin <= 3.5.5 - Unauthenticated DOM-based Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
Weaponized
A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.
Evidence
- Metasploit module ×1
- Nuclei detection template ×1
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×6
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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei detection template | Nuclei template CVE-2022-1329 | — |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:23 | 2022-04-15 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:17 | 2022-04-17 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:4 | 2022-04-20 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2023-01-29 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2024-06-21 |
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2024-10-11 |
| Metasploit module | exploit/multi/http/wp_plugin_elementor_auth_upload_rceWordpress Plugin Elementor Authenticated Upload Remote Code Executionexploit | 2022-03-29 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Metasploit-22 d
- First PoC-5 d
- Published
- TodayOct 25, 2026+1650 d
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-434 · Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous TypeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.