{"id":"CVE-2026-97352","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-97352"],"related":[],"title":"News Kit Addons for Elementor: subscribers can install and activate plugins","description":"The News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to install and activate a specific News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 from the WordPress.org repository.","summary":"The News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 has an AJAX action with no capability check. A logged-in subscriber can use it to install and activate a plugin from the WordPress.org repository.","severity":"medium","cvss":null,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["elementor","package","wordpress","wordpress-plugin"],"not_affected_if":["no-subscriber-accounts","plugin-updated"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed version of News Kit Addons For Elementor in the WordPress admin plugins page; versions below `1.4.9` are exposed.\n- Review user accounts with subscriber access on the site, since any of them can trigger the flaw.","fix":"- Update News Kit Addons For Elementor to `1.4.9` or later.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-24T06:16:37+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-24T06:47:03+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:51:49+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:51:49+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:51:49Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update News Kit Addons For Elementor to `1.4.9` or later.","reach":"internet","title":"News Kit Addons for Elementor: subscribers can install and activate plugins","impact":"high","summary":"The News Kit Addons For Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.4.9 has an AJAX action with no capability check. A logged-in subscriber can use it to install and activate a plugin from the WordPress.org repository.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","wordpress-plugin","elementor"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"A subscriber installs and activates an arbitrary WordPress.org plugin on the site.","analyst_note":"Check the NVD entry and the WordPress.org plugin changelog to confirm the exact vulnerable action and whether a patched version beyond 1.4.9 changes the fix.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed version of News Kit Addons For Elementor in the WordPress admin plugins page; versions below `1.4.9` are exposed.\n- Review user accounts with subscriber access on the site, since any of them can trigger the flaw.","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-updated","no-subscriber-accounts"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running News Kit Addons For Elementor before `1.4.9` that allow account registration or have subscriber-level users. Sites without the plugin, or with it already updated, are not affected. Sites where only administrators have accounts have a smaller exposure but should still update.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"no","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000617,"input_tokens":3324,"output_tokens":569,"severity_before":"unknown"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-2026':13A,16A '-97352':14A,17A '1.4.9':33B,69C,106C 'access':89C 'action':37B,81C 'activ':10A,53B,95C 'addon':3A,27B,63C,100C 'ajax':36B,80C 'allow':82C 'authent':83C 'capabl':40B,74C 'check':41B,75C 'cve':12A,15A 'elementor':5A,18B,29B,65C,102C 'instal':8A,51B,93C 'kit':2A,26B,62C,99C 'level':88C 'log':44B 'logged-in':43B 'news':1A,25B,61C,98C 'one':77C 'packag':19B 'perform':72C 'plugin':11A,23B,31B,55B,67C,104C 'repositori':59B,110C 'specif':97C 'subscrib':6A,46B,87C 'subscriber-level':86C 'use':48B 'user':84C 'wordpress':20B,22B,30B,66C,103C 'wordpress-plugin':21B 'wordpress.org':58B,109C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running News Kit Addons For Elementor before `1.4.9` that allow account registration or have subscriber-level users. Sites without the plugin, or with it already updated, are not affected. Sites where only administrators have accounts have a smaller exposure but should still update.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-24T06:16:37+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":null,"cvss_by":null,"poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-97352","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97352","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-24T06:16:37+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-24T06:16:37+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-24T06:47:03+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-24T06:47:03+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"}