🛡️ CVE-2022-3805 — jeg-elementor-kit

🟠 CVSS 8.6 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-639 NVD
8.6
CVSS Score
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Description

The Jeg Elementor Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in various functions used to update the plugin settings in versions up to, and including, 2.5.6. Unauthenticated users can use an easily available nonce, obtained from pages edited by the plugin, to update the MailChimp API key, global styles, 404 page settings, and enabled elements.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity high, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-3805 is classified as CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. An object is selected by an identifier from the request without checking the caller owns it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-3805 is recorded against 1 package.

  • jeg-elementor-kit (fixed in 2.5.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 22 December 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org
wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.6
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
CWE CWE-639
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-12-22
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
jeg-elementor-kit — 2.5.7

References

Product, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://wordpress.org/plugins/jeg-elementor-kit/#developers
Product, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory https://wordpress.org/plugins/jeg-elementor-kit/#developers

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