The King Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 51.1.81 does not perform per-object authorization checks on a group of image-optimization actions, gating them only on a coarse capability that lower-privileged users also hold and never confirming ownership of the targeted object, allowing authenticated users with author-level access and above to disclose absolute file paths for, overwrite the bytes of, and site-wide re-reference media belonging to other users, including administrators.
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Fri, 18 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The King Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 51.1.81 does not perform per-object authorization checks on a group of image-optimization actions, gating them only on a coarse capability that lower-privileged users also hold and never confirming ownership of the targeted object, allowing authenticated users with author-level access and above to disclose absolute file paths for, overwrite the bytes of, and site-wide re-reference media belonging to other users, including administrators.
Title King Addons for Elementor 51.1.56 - 51.1.80 - Author+ Missing Authorization via Image Optimizer
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-18T06:00:12.776Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T15:25:53.441Z

Link: CVE-2026-84904

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-18T06:16:39.637

Modified: 2026-09-18T06:16:39.637

Link: CVE-2026-84904

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