News Kit Addons For Elementor <= 1.4.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Meta Update via nekit_update_mega_menu_form
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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean?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
- 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, a WordPress add-on for the Elementor page builder, is affected by this vulnerability. An authenticated user with only basic subscriber-level access could modify metadata on any post, including posts written by other users, which could overwrite core data and alter content created by higher-privileged accounts.
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 through 1.4.7 does not perform capability or ownership checks before updating post metadata in one of its authenticated AJAX actions, allowing users with subscriber-level access and above to write arbitrary post meta, under attacker-chosen keys, to any post including those owned by other users. This can be used to overwrite protected core metadata and tamper with content created by higher-privileged users.
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
through 1.4.7