Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax <= 1.4.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via toggle_widget
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the toggle_widget function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable or disable Elementor widgets via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-1807
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g4cq-m8gv-jhmv
References
More staxwp Stax vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-25041 WordPress Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin <= 1.5.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2023-02053 Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax <= 1.4.3 - Missing Authorization in toggle_widget CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-1807 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-1807 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g4cq-m8gv-jhmv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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