Description
The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_activate_required_theme' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to activate the 'royal-elementor-kit' theme. If no such theme is installed doing so can also impact site availability as the site attempts to load a nonexistent theme.
Published: 2023-01-10
Score: 5.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-52012 The Royal Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to insufficient access control in the 'wpr_activate_required_theme' AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.3.59. This allows any authenticated user, including those with subscriber-level permissions, to activate the 'royal-elementor-kit' theme. If no such theme is installed doing so can also impact site availability as the site attempts to load a nonexistent theme.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Royal Elementor Addons <= 1.3.59 - Insufficient Access Control to Theme Activation
Weaknesses CWE-284
References

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Subscriptions

Royal-elementor-addons Royal Elementor Addons
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:24:14.588Z

Reserved: 2022-12-23T16:42:26.887Z

Link: CVE-2022-4700

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:48:39.997Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-10T17:15:11.123

Modified: 2026-04-08T19:17:57.227

Link: CVE-2022-4700

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses