News Kit Addons For Elementor < 1.4.9 - Subscriber+ Plugin Installation and Activation via nekit_install_importer
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 1.4.9
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin, an add-on for the Elementor page builder used on WordPress sites, is affected. An attacker with a basic logged-in account, such as a subscriber, could install and activate plugins on the site, which could let them take further control of the website.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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The News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to install and activate a specific News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 from the WordPress.org repository.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Unknown News Kit Addons For Elementor
fixed in 1.4.9