CVE-2026-8825 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.4 does not properly check user permissions before returning post data through one of its REST endpoints, allowing authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above to retrieve the title, body and metadata of private posts, private pages and drafts authored by other users (including administrators).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00139.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0d6b840-790d-45a3-9b0d-8f77a229e8a9/

History

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-200
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin before 4.1.4 does not properly check user permissions before returning post data through one of its REST endpoints, allowing authenticated users with Contributor-level access and above to retrieve the title, body and metadata of private posts, private pages and drafts authored by other users (including administrators).
Title		Elementor < 4.1.4 - Contributor+ Sensitive Information Disclosure via REST API
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0d6b840-790d-45a3-9b0d-8f77a229e8a9/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-20T06:00:05.303Z

Updated: 2026-07-20T13:09:48.210Z

Reserved: 2026-05-18T10:49:15.314Z

Link: CVE-2026-8825

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T13:09:37.363Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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