Maintaining a secure WordPress website is a constant and critical effort, particularly when relying on third-party plugins to expand your site’s capabilities. Premium Addons for Elementor, a popular plugin that offers a wide array of widgets and features for the Elementor page builder, was recently identified with a significant security flaw. This vulnerability, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), affects many earlier versions of the plugin. At its core, CSRF exploits the trust a website places in an authenticated user’s browser. It allows an attacker to subtly trick an administrator or any other authorized user into performing unintended actions, such as creating new content, simply by getting them to click on a seemingly harmless malicious link. The root cause of this particular issue was a missing security check, often referred to as a ‘nonce’ (number used once), within a specific function responsible for inserting Elementor templates.
CVE Details
This vulnerability is officially identified as CVE-2025-14163.
- Product: Premium Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress
- Published Date: December 23, 2025
- Severity: Medium
- Status: Analyzed
Affected Products
The Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability specifically impacts the Premium Addons for Elementor plugin. All versions of this plugin up to, and including, 4.11.53 are vulnerable. If you are running an older version within this range, your website is exposed to this risk.
Current Status
The vulnerability status is “Analyzed.” This means that the details of the flaw have been thoroughly investigated and confirmed. The cybersecurity community and the plugin developers are aware of the issue and have likely implemented or are working on solutions.
Severity Level
This vulnerability has been rated as Medium severity. While not the most critical type of flaw, a Medium severity rating still indicates a significant security risk. Exploiting this particular CSRF vulnerability requires an attacker to successfully trick an authenticated user with ‘edit_posts’ capability into performing an action, such as clicking a crafted link. If successful, an attacker could then create unauthorized Elementor templates on your website. This could lead to content manipulation or other undesirable changes.
Possible Solutions
The excellent news for users of Premium Addons for Elementor is that a comprehensive fix for this vulnerability has been released. To ensure your WordPress website remains protected, it is absolutely crucial to update your Premium Addons for Elementor plugin without delay. Specifically, you should upgrade to version 4.11.54 or any subsequent higher version. This updated release incorporates the essential ‘nonce’ validation into the ‘insert_inner_template’ function, thereby effectively mitigating the risk of CSRF attacks.
A ‘nonce’ acts as a unique, one-time security token that WordPress uses to verify that a request truly originates from a legitimate user interacting with the site’s interface, rather than from a forged, malicious request. By implementing this validation, the plugin can now correctly differentiate between genuine user actions and attempts by attackers to manipulate your site.
Beyond this specific vulnerability, a general best practice for all WordPress administrators is to consistently keep your WordPress core installation, themes, and all installed plugins up to date. Regular updates not only bring new features but, more importantly, deliver vital security patches that protect your site from the latest discovered threats. Staying proactive with updates is your best defense against potential cyberattacks.
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/premium-addons-for-elementor/tags/4.11.53/includes/templates/classes/manager.php#L246
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/premium-addons-for-elementor/tags/4.11.53/includes/templates/classes/manager.php#L40
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3416254/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77b57f2a-0b46-4b4a-bdca-1c5218d739ce?source=cve
