CVE-2026-23543

WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor plugin <= 6.5.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPDeveloper Essential Addons for Elementor essential-addons-for-elementor-lite allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Essential Addons for Elementor: from n/a through <= 6.5.5.

We have discovered 88,870 live websites that are affected by CVE-2026-23543.

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Affected Software

Product  Essential Addons for Elementor
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains88,870 live websites (32% of Essential Addons for Elementor install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 6.5.5
Vulnerable Versions Count146 versions ( 85% of all versions)



Details

  • Published - Feb 19, 2026
  • Updated - Apr 28, 2026

Credits

  • Bonds | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2026-23543
United States20,999 websites


Germany7,364 websites
Brazil5,003 websites
France4,976 websites
GB3,589 websites
Spain3,457 websites
Italy3,300 websites
India3,292 websites
Russia3,204 websites
Poland2,674 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2026-23543
.com34,749 websites
.com.br4,522 websites
.org3,976 websites
.de3,811 websites
.ru2,805 websites
.it2,387 websites
.fr2,082 websites
.pl2,003 websites
.co.uk1,788 websites
.net1,538 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2026-23543

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2026-23543. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
DomainCountryRankContacts
******.com United States*,***
****************.nl United States*,***
******************.de Germany**,***
*******.co Serbia**,***
******.com United States**,***
**********.com United States**,***
******.com United States**,***
*******************.nl Netherlands**,***
*******.com China**,***
*******.com United States**,***
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FAQ

A total of 88,870 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2026-23543, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Essential Addons for Elementor is affected by the CVE-2026-23543 vulnerability.
Essential Addons for Elementor versions up to and including 6.5.5 are vulnerable to CVE-2026-23543.