{"id":"CVE-2026-97255","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-97255"],"related":[],"title":"Royal Elementor Addons WordPress plugin: authorization bypass via user-controlled key","description":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in WProyal Royal Elementor Addons royal-elementor-addons allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Royal Elementor Addons: from n/a through 1.7.1069.","summary":"The Royal Elementor Addons WordPress plugin trusts a user-controlled key when checking authorization, so access controls can be bypassed. The sources do not say what an attacker gains beyond bypassing the check.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["elementor","package","self-hosted","wordpress","wordpress-plugin"],"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed version of Royal Elementor Addons (royal-elementor-addons) in the WordPress plugins screen or `wp plugin get royal-elementor-addons --field=version`\n- Compare against the affected range: versions through `1.7.1069` are listed as affected","fix":"- Update Royal Elementor Addons to a version later than `1.7.1069` once a patched release is confirmed\n- unknown whether a patched version exists yet; the sources do not name one","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-26T10:16:53+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T10:29:17+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-26T10:30:55+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-26T10:30:55+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.5,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-26T10:30:55Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update Royal Elementor Addons to a version later than `1.7.1069` once a patched release is confirmed\n- unknown whether a patched version exists yet; the sources do not name one","reach":"unknown","title":"Royal Elementor Addons WordPress plugin: authorization bypass via user-controlled key","impact":"medium","summary":"The Royal Elementor Addons WordPress plugin trusts a user-controlled key when checking authorization, so access controls can be bypassed. The sources do not say what an attacker gains beyond bypassing the check.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","wordpress-plugin","elementor","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.5,"needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"unknown: authorization checks can be bypassed, impact not stated","analyst_note":"Read the NVD entry and the plugin's changelog or WPScan record to learn the attack preconditions, the protected actions, and whether a patched version exists.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed version of Royal Elementor Addons (royal-elementor-addons) in the WordPress plugins screen or `wp plugin get royal-elementor-addons --field=version`\n- Compare against the affected range: versions through `1.7.1069` are listed as affected","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the Royal Elementor Addons plugin at version `1.7.1069` or earlier are listed as affected. The sources do not say which features or settings make a site exposed, so assume any site with the plugin active until the vendor says otherwise. Sites without the plugin installed are not affected.","user_interaction":"unknown","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"unknown"},"cost_usd":0.000639,"input_tokens":3321,"output_tokens":613,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-2026':14A,17A '-97255':15A,18A '1.7.1069':95C 'access':44B,83C 'addon':3A,31B,74C,78C,91C 'affect':88C 'allow':79C 'attack':56B 'author':6A,42B,62C 'beyond':58B 'bypass':7A,48B,59B,63C 'check':41B,61B 'configur':82C 'control':11A,38B,45B,67C,84C 'cve':13A,16A 'elementor':2A,19B,30B,73C,77C,90C 'exploit':80C 'gain':57B 'host':23B 'incorrect':81C 'issu':87C 'key':12A,39B,68C 'levels.this':86C 'n/a':93C 'packag':20B 'plugin':5A,27B,33B 'royal':1A,29B,72C,76C,89C 'royal-elementor-addon':75C 'say':53B 'secur':85C 'self':22B 'self-host':21B 'sourc':50B 'trust':34B 'user':10A,37B,66C 'user-control':9A,36B,65C 'via':8A 'vulner':69C 'wordpress':4A,24B,26B,32B 'wordpress-plugin':25B 'wproyal':71C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the Royal Elementor Addons plugin at version `1.7.1069` or earlier are listed as affected. The sources do not say which features or settings make a site exposed, so assume any site with the plugin active until the vendor says otherwise. Sites without the plugin installed are not affected.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-26T10:16:53+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-97255","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97255","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-26T10:16:53+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-26T10:16:53+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-26T10:29:17+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-26T10:29:17+00:00","note":null}],"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"}