CVE-2026-13404

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor < 1.7.1066 - Unauthenticated Like Count Manipulation

2026-08-24 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 1.7.1066
Affected Plugin: Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
Affected Version: < 1.7.1066
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2026-13404

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At a glance

CVE-2026-13404 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Royal Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 1.7.1066. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.7.1066; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by Shivamani Vastrala.

Vulnerability Overview

The Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to 1.7.1066 (exclusive). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to manipulate like counts.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Royal Addons for Elementor < 1.7.1066 takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Royal Addons for Elementor the fix is 1.7.1066: builds < 1.7.1066 are affected, anything from 1.7.1066 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.7.1066, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Royal Addons for Elementor 1.7.1066 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-13404 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6ab93ea4-4d15-43cb-be70-6eb4921194d1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13404

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CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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