Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 9, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026

CVE-2023-2189

Description

The Elementor Addons, Widgets and Enhancements – Stax plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the toggle_widget function in versions up to, and including, 1.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to enable or disable Elementor widgets.

Affected products

Staxwp/Stax
cpe:2.3:a:staxwp:stax:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=1.4.3

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stax-addons-for-elementor/trunk/core/admin/pages/Widgets.phpnvdExploit
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/926550bb-265d-4811-a375-10c47e9fb4d6nvdThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2934787/stax-addons-for-elementornvd

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