Cross-site request forgery via missing nonce checks
Published Aug 20, 2026 · Updated Aug 20, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in HashThemes Easy Elementor Addons through 2.3.7 allows attackers to submit unwanted actions via crafted requests. The 2.3.8 changelog states that the template library Ajax handlers lacked nonce verification, so state-changing requests were accepted without validating a WordPress CSRF token. Exploitation requires a logged-in privileged user to visit an attacker-controlled page or submit a crafted request; the exact handlers and resulting actions are not publicly detailed.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in HashThemes Easy Elementor Addons through 2.3.7 allows attackers to submit unwanted actions via crafted requests. The 2.3.8 changelog states that the template library Ajax handlers lacked nonce verification, so state-changing requests were accepted without validating a WordPress CSRF token. Exploitation requires a logged-in privileged user to visit an attacker-controlled page or submit a crafted request; the exact handlers and resulting actions are not publicly detailed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-28164
- Published
- Aug 20, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 20, 2026
- Vendor
- HashThemes
- Product
- Easy Elementor Addons
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=2.3.7 changes=[{"at":"2.3.8","status":"unaffected"}]
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