CVE-2026-1206

Elementor Website Builder <= 3.35.7 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Elementor Template

2026-03-25 17:26
shark3y

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.35.8
Affected Plugin
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
Affected Version
<= 3.35.7
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2026-1206
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At a glance

CVE-2026-1206 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.35.7. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.35.8; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed March 2026, reported by shark3y.

Vulnerability Overview

The Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.35.7. This is due to a logic error in the is_allowed_to_read_template() function permission check that treats non-published templates as readable without verifying edit capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read private or draft Elementor template content via the 'template_id' supplied to the 'get_template_data' action of the 'elementor_ajax' endpoint.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Elementor Website Builder <= 3.35.7 carries this weakness at template_id, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.

Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For Elementor Website Builder the fix is 3.35.8: builds <= 3.35.7 are affected, anything from 3.35.8 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.35.8, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Elementor Website Builder 3.35.8 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-1206https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4420935-4952-4460-afc2-1c6df6965b3dhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-1206

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