What is CVE-2023-41955?

CVE-2023-41955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons For Elementor, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-41955?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-41955 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons For Elementor

CVE-2023-41955

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from n/a through 5.8.8.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2024-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/wordp… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-41955?: CVE-2023-41955 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wpdeveloper Essential Addons For Elementor, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-41955?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-41955 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.