Vulnerability report

High confidence Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2023-5360

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.79 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Arbitrary File Access

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates · affected before 1.3.79

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Severity
CVSS 9.8 · Critical
Confidence
High
Exploit status
PoC available
EPSS
81.7%
First observed
—
Last observed
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Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2023-5360 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Royal Elementor Addons and Templates. The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates WordPress plugin before 1.3.79 does not properly validate uploaded files,...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is high. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates affected before 1.3.79.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Royal Elementor Addons and Templates < 1.3.79 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Arbitrary File Access

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates WordPress plugin before 1.3.79 does not properly validate uploaded files, which could allow unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files, such as PHP and achieve RCE.

Unknown Affected
Royal Elementor Addons and Templates
Before 1.3.79
Published
31 Oct 2023
Exploitation Reported
13 Oct 2023
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

metasploit nuclei_scanner wordpress php

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

Third-party attestation and first-party sensor observation are shown separately so teams can judge the evidence chain.

Proof of concept available

Recorded 28 Apr 2025

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
Wordfence First 2023-10-13 14:44 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

No Previdian virtual patch is currently available. Future rules ship for ModSecurity, Cloudflare, and AWS WAF.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Metasploit https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/wp_royal_elementor_addons_rce.rb 28 Apr 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-5360.yaml 25 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

9.8 Critical

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

81.7%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type CWE-434

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

WordPress Royal Elementor Addons Plugin <= 1.3.78 - Arbitrary File Upload

nuclei · Created Unknown

wp_royal_elementor_addons_rce

metasploit · Created Unknown

Metasploit module for CVE-2023-5360

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 15:02 UTC

    Metasploit module available

    Exploit module available

  2. 15:02 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  3. 00:00 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  4. 13:54 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. 14:44 UTC

    Added to Previdian KEV Feed

    High-confidence, third-party attested exploitation

  6. 13:30 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2023-5360",
  "confidence": "High",
  "cvss_score": 9.8,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.81695,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": false,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}