CVE-2021-4446: The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it

medium Affects essential-addons-for-elementor-lite (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

The Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to and including 4.6.4 due to missing capability checks and nonce disclosure. This makes it

Package
essential-addons-for-elementor-lite (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.6.5
Fixed in
4.6.5
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 0% (17.6th percentile)
Published
2024-10-16
Source
nvd

References

CWE-862
NVD recordessential-addons-for-elementor-lite (WordPress plugin) advisories

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