CVE-2026-7665
CVE-2026-7665 — Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via 'load_more' AJAX Handler
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.6.4 via the ajax_load_more function due to insufficient restrictions on which posts can be included. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.
Published Updated Sources: NVD, wpdevteam (CNA), SOCRadar CTI
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Exploit code
public exploit, none observed
EPSS
7%
ahead of 94% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
5.3
medium
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
Yes
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets | 0 to <= 6.6.4 | Vulnerable |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Availability
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Scope
Unchanged
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
None
User Interaction
None
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.3 | CVSS 3.1 | medium | 3.9 | 1.4 | wordfence.com (CNA), wpdevteam (CNA) |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
- Bypass Protection Mechanism
- Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
Mitigation: For each and every data access, ensure that the user has sufficient privilege to access the record that is being requested.
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-639
Inferred from the weakness class — not observed against this CVE.
Public exploit
Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.
Repositories
1
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets.
- Monitor for scanner or exploit-pattern traffic after 1 public PoC repositories were reported.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 5.3 (AV:N)
Jul 23, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Jun 6, 2026 · NVD
Reported · Disclosed
Jun 5, 2026 · wpdevteam
Reported · Vendor Notified
May 1, 2026 · wpdevteam
Source activity
Readings a source repeats on a schedule, counted rather than listed.
- 1×SVRS is calculatedJun 23, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
- 1×Github_Repos · Github repository created, anirudhmakkar/cve-2026-7665Jun 11, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
- 1×CVE modified by MITRE: CVSS metrics updated.Jun 6, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
References
14 on the record
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.5.13/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L106
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.5.13/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L1601
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.5.13/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L197
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.5.13/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L292
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.6.3/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L106
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.6.3/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L1601
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.6.3/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L197
Vendor Advisory
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.6.3/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L292
Vendor Advisory
Coverage
1 story from the feeds we poll
Elsewhere on this site
- wpdevteamevery CVE for this vendor
- Access Controlsame class
- CWE-639other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-7665 is Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via 'load_more' AJAX Handler, a medium vulnerability affecting Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets from wpdevteam. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-7665. Public exploit evidence is: 1 public PoC repositories reported; 0 marked weaponized in current dataset. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 5.3 describes technical severity, while EPSS 7% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.