Description
The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.
Published: 2023-06-09
Score: 4.3 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-2023-33705 The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.
History

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax <= 1.4.3 - Missing Authorization in toggle_widget
References

Sat, 21 Dec 2024 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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

Subscriptions

Staxwp Stax
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:09:25.355Z

Reserved: 2023-04-19T19:39:11.493Z

Link: CVE-2023-2189

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T06:12:20.656Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-06-09T06:16:04.750

Modified: 2026-04-08T18:17:57.900

Link: CVE-2023-2189

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No data.

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Weaknesses