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CVE-2023-5360: Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.79 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 65/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB, GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 86.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.7% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

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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 Royal Elementor Addons and Templates WordPress plugin before 1.3.79 does not properly validate uploaded files, which could allow unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP and achieve RCE.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Oct 31, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
86.3% · 99th percentile

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Action score

65

This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
26 / 30 · 86.3%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
royal-elementor-addonsroyal elementor addons

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • royal-elementor-addons royal elementor addonsbefore 1.3.79

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Unknown Royal Elementor Addons and Templates

    • before 1.3.79affected

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-32786WordPress Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin <= 1.3.93 - IP Bypass vulnerability
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2024-1567Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.94 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2025-1441Royal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.7.1007 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
    35Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-3709Jul 17, 2023 · Royal Elementor Addons <=1.3.70 - Unauthenticated MailChimp API Key Disclosure
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-47175Oct 6, 2023 · WordPress Royal Elementor Addons Plugin <= 1.3.75 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
    35Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2023-5922Jan 16, 2024 · Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.81 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Read
    30Monitor

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
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×8

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2025-04-05
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/wp_royal_elementor_addons_rceWordPress Royal Elementor Addons RCEexploit2023-11-23
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2023-5360 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32023-10-21
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:132023-10-26
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02023-10-26
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:102023-11-02
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02023-11-03
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:52023-11-05
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22025-07-14
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12025-12-27

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.

  1. First PoC-10 d
  2. Published
  3. Metasploit+23 d
  4. TodayOct 28, 2026+1093 d
EPSS, last 120 days+1% in 7 days

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.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, 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.

  • CVE-2024-1567184 days apartRoyal Elementor Addons and Templates <= 1.3.94 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload
    39Monitor

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

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • 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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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.

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.

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