CVE-2023-2189

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - security@wordfence.com

Published

2023-06-09

Last modified

2026-04-08

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected products

• Stax (Staxwp)
• Stax Addons For Elementor (Staxwp)

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.php#L31
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2934787/stax-addons-for-elementor
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6?source=cve