CVE-2023-2189

Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax <= 1.4.3 - Missing Authorization in toggle_widget

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 9, 2023 at 05:33 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorStax

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Stax· Staxwpwordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 1.4.3

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-862

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