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Easy Elementor Addons EUVDEUVD-2026-63327

| CVE-2026-28164 CRITICAL
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352)
2026-08-20 Patchstack GHSA-cghh-6x9c-84pf
9.6
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Host malicious CSRF page
  2. Delivery
    Lure logged-in admin to visit
  3. Exploit
    Browser replays authenticated session
  4. Execution
    Forged request executes state change
  5. Impact
    Plugin/site configuration altered

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated user - realistically an administrator or privileged operator - to have an active WordPress session and to be tricked into interacting with attacker-controlled content (CVSS UI:R), for example visiting a malicious page or clicking a crafted link. There is no evidence of an authentication requirement on the attacker side (PR:N), but the attack cannot succeed without a valid victim session and that victim's interaction; it also depends on the site running Easy Elementor Addons ≤2.3.7. The mandatory user interaction and dependency on a logged-in privileged victim are the principal factors limiting real-world exploitation, restricting it to social-engineering-driven, targeted attempts rather than unattended mass exploitation.

Impact

Signals are mixed. The Patchstack/NVD-style CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, 9.6 Critical) is aggressive for a CSRF: it assumes the forged action yields full confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss with a scope change, which would only hold if the vulnerable action enables site takeover (e.g., injecting content/settings that lead to code execution). In practice CSRF impact is bounded by the sensitivity of the single action reachable without a nonce, and no EPSS score, POC, or KEV entry is present to corroborate real-world exploitation - so this reads as a high-CVSS rating whose worst-case impact assumptions are not independently substantiated by the sparse description. The genuine limiting factor is UI:R: an authenticated administrator must be actively induced to visit or interact with attacker content while logged in, which narrows opportunistic mass exploitation. Defenders running the plugin should still patch promptly given the Critical rating and the low technical bar to craft a CSRF, but the absence of exploit evidence suggests prioritizing it as an important-but-not-emergency fix rather than treating it as confirmed active compromise.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious web page or email containing a hidden form or image that auto-submits a request to a vulnerable Easy Elementor Addons endpoint. When a logged-in WordPress administrator is lured into loading that content, their browser silently replays their authenticated session against the site, performing the attacker-chosen state change. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, so a working PoC would need to be developed against the specific unprotected action.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 20, 2026

Cross-Site Request Forgery in HashThemes Easy Elementor Addons (WordPress plugin) affects all versions up to and including 2.3.7, letting a remote attacker forge state-changing requests that are executed with a victim administrator's privileges when the victim is lured into interacting with attacker-controlled content. Reported by Patchstack (CVE-2026-28164 / EUVD-2026-63327) with a vendor-assigned CVSS of 9.6; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV. Exploitation hinges on tricking an authenticated user into triggering the forged request, since the plugin fails to validate request authenticity (CWE-352).

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - the input provides no fixed version, so upgrade to the latest available release from the vendor/WordPress.org once a version higher than 2.3.7 is published and confirm via the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/easy-elementor-addons/vulnerability/wordpress-easy-elementor-addons-plugin-2-3-7-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve). Until a fixed build is confirmed, compensating controls include deploying a WAF or virtual patch (Patchstack and similar WordPress firewalls offer CSRF rules) to enforce referer/origin checks on the plugin's admin actions; restricting wp-admin access to trusted IPs to reduce the chance an authenticated session is exploited; and, if the plugin's functionality is non-essential, deactivating and removing it entirely (trade-off: any Elementor widgets it provides will break on pages that use them). Administrators should also avoid clicking untrusted links while logged into WordPress, as user interaction is required to trigger the forgery.

Affected VersionsENISA

Easy Elementor Addons n/a ≤2.3.7

Affected Packages

euvd easy_elementor_addons no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected component is the Easy Elementor Addons plugin (cpe:2.3:a:hashthemes:easy_elementor_addons), an add-on pack that extends the Elementor page builder within WordPress. The root cause is CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery): one or more of the plugin's state-changing actions (typically admin-facing AJAX handlers or settings endpoints in WordPress plugins) do not enforce anti-CSRF nonces or equivalent origin/token validation. Because WordPress relies on session cookies for administrative actions, a browser carrying a valid admin session will automatically attach those cookies to a cross-origin request, so a request forged by an external site is processed as if the administrator had initiated it. The advisory does not enumerate which specific action is vulnerable or what precise change it performs.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Patchstack) PRIMARY 9.6 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Network CSRF needs no attacker privileges but requires victim interaction (UI:R); with no disclosed action detail I assess a single state change (I:L), no inherent confidentiality/availability loss, and no scope change, unlike the reporter's C:H/I:H/A:H/S:C.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

DescriptionCVE.org

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in HashThemes Easy Elementor Addons allows Cross Site Request Forgery.

This issue affects Easy Elementor Addons: from n/a through 2.3.7.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

HashThemes Easy Elementor Addons (WordPress plugin, versions ≤2.3.7) contains a critical CSRF vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) that allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized administrative actions on affected WordPress sites. An attacker can trick a site administrator into visiting a malicious link to modify site configuration, create backdoor accounts, or inject malicious content, effectively compromising full administrative access. Organizations using this plugin face immediate risk of data breach, malware injection, and operational disruption.

Business Impact: Severe
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: disable or remove the plugin as primary control; deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules blocking POST requests to affected plugin endpoints; restrict WordPress administrator dashboard to whitelisted IP addresses; enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all administrator accounts; enable enhanced WordPress audit logging with SIEM integration to detect unauthorized admin activity; implement server-level request validation; monitor HashThemes advisories for patch release and deploy immediately upon availability.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
WordPress Elementor add-on plugin, moderate but not ubiquitous install base
Social Media
4
Sightings
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Very High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

48
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +48
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.

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