Auth bypass in Royal Addons For Elementor

CVE-2026-13404

The Royal Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 1.7.1066 does not perform any capability or ownership check (relying only on a publicly-scrapeable nonce) before writing like-count and visitor-tracking post meta keyed on an arbitrary post ID, allowing unauthenticated users to modify that metadata on any post, including private and draft posts.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-13404: held from 0.003 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.001

Affected products

  • Royal Addons For Elementor

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-13404?
CVE-2026-13404 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Royal Addons For Elementor, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-26.
How severe is CVE-2026-13404?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.