{"id":"CVE-2026-118077","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-118077"],"related":[],"title":"Sastra Essential Addons for Elementor: PHP object injection via author field","description":"Author PHP Object Injection in Sastra Essential Addons for Elementor <= 1.2.3 versions.","summary":"Sastra Essential Addons for Elementor, a WordPress plugin, versions up to and including 1.2.3 contain a PHP Object Injection flaw in author handling. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary PHP object deserialization, which may allow code execution or data access depending on available gadget chains.","severity":"high","cvss":7.2,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["authenticated","elementor","package","php","wordpress","wordpress-plugin"],"not_affected_if":["no-admin-users","plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check whether the WordPress plugin `Essential Addons for Elementor` by Sastra is installed and its version in the plugins list or `wp plugin list`\n- Confirm the installed version is above `1.2.3`","fix":null,"status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-29T16:18:02+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T16:25:57+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-29T16:29:46+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-29T16:38:08+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-29T16:29:46Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"unknown","reach":"unknown","title":"Sastra Essential Addons for Elementor: PHP object injection via author field","impact":"high","summary":"Sastra Essential Addons for Elementor, a WordPress plugin, versions up to and including 1.2.3 contain a PHP Object Injection flaw in author handling. A successful attack can lead to arbitrary PHP object deserialization, which may allow code execution or data access depending on available gadget chains.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","elementor","php"],"confidence":0.5,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"code runs on the server via PHP object injection","analyst_note":"Check the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118077 for the vector, required privileges and the fixed version.","how_to_check":"- Check whether the WordPress plugin `Essential Addons for Elementor` by Sastra is installed and its version in the plugins list or `wp plugin list`\n- Confirm the installed version is above `1.2.3`","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the Sastra Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin at version 1.2.3 or earlier are exposed. Sites without this plugin, or running a newer version, are not affected by this entry. The sources do not describe the exact trigger conditions.","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000686,"input_tokens":4062,"output_tokens":560,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":"done","analyst_note":"Check the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118077 for the vector, required privileges and the fixed version.","search":"'-118077':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A '1.2.3':39B,82C 'access':66B 'addon':3A,28B,79C 'allow':61B 'arbitrari':55B 'attack':51B 'authent':18B 'author':10A,47B,72C 'avail':69B 'chain':71B 'code':62B 'contain':40B 'cve':12A,15A 'data':65B 'depend':67B 'deseri':58B 'elementor':5A,19B,30B,81C 'essenti':2A,27B,78C 'execut':63B 'field':11A 'flaw':45B 'gadget':70B 'handl':48B 'includ':38B 'inject':8A,44B,75C 'lead':53B 'may':60B 'object':7A,43B,57B,74C 'packag':20B 'php':6A,21B,42B,56B,73C 'plugin':25B,33B 'sastra':1A,26B,77C 'success':50B 'version':34B,83C 'via':9A 'wordpress':22B,24B,32B 'wordpress-plugin':23B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the Sastra Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin at version 1.2.3 or earlier are exposed. Sites without this plugin, or running a newer version, are not affected by this entry. The sources do not describe the exact trigger conditions.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-29T16:18:02+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-118077","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118077","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-29T16:18:02+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T16:20:19+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T16:25:57+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-29T16:25:57+00:00","note":null},{"source":"analyst","external_id":"CVE-2026-118077:1078","url":null,"severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-29T16:38:08+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-29T16:38:08+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T16:38:08+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-29T16:38:08+00:00","note":"No vendor/maintainer advisory found; NVD page empty via web-cli. Only CNA data (Patchstack, CVSS 7.2, vector PR:H = needs high-privilege/admin account; network, no UI) from the signal. Fix version unknown; settle by Patchstack DB entry or plugin changelog on wordpress.org. Odd: Patchstack lists latest plugin version as 1.0.38 while CVE says <=1.2.3, so the version scheme or plugin slug may differ; verify installed slug. No exploitation or PoC found. Nothing marked verified."}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}