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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Network CSRF needs no attacker auth (PR:N) but requires admin interaction (UI:R); impact downgraded to C:L/I:L/A:N as the vague description does not substantiate the full C:H/I:H/A:H triad.
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Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder allows Cross Site Request Forgery.
This issue affects Elementor Website Builder: from n/a through 4.3.1.
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AnalysisAI
Cross-site request forgery in Elementor Website Builder (all versions through 4.3.1) lets a remote attacker who holds no credentials of their own induce a logged-in WordPress administrator into silently executing unintended state-changing actions inside the victim's authenticated session. Exploitation requires both a privileged user to be authenticated and that user to be lured onto attacker-controlled content (CVSS UI:R), which caps practical severity despite the high base score of 8.8 reported by the researcher; our independent assessment scores the same vector at C:L/I:L/A:N because the achievable action set is not fully characterised in the advisory. …
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| Exploitation | Requires a logged-in Elementor/WordPress administrator (or privileged user) to be tricked into visiting attacker-controlled content while their session is active (UI:R) - the CSRF fires in the victim's authenticated context, so the attacker themselves needs no credentials (PR:N). … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H = 8.8 High) reflects a network-reachable, unauthenticated CSRF that nonetheless REQUIRES victim interaction (UI:R) - a logged-in administrator must be tricked into visiting a malicious page or clicking a crafted link. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in. |
| Remediation | Vendor-released patch: not confirmed in the supplied data - the advisory only states the affected range ends at 4.3.1, implying a correction in a later release, so treat "upgrade Elementor Website Builder beyond 4.3.1 to the current stable version" as the primary action and verify the exact fixed build against the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-elementor-website-builder-plugin-4-3-1-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) before assuming coverage; use a staged update given that Elementor changes carry layout-regression risk. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
Recommended ActionAI
Within 24 hours, inventory every WordPress instance running Elementor Website Builder, confirm the installed version, and treat every deployment at version 4.3.1 or earlier as affected; restrict wp-admin access to trusted networks or VPN, enforce multi-factor authentication for all administrator accounts, and deploy WAF or reverse-proxy rules that validate Origin/Referer headers and require anti-CSRF tokens on state-changing admin requests. …
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EUVD-2026-86532
GHSA-f746-2pfg-cwp9