CVE-2026-111851: Royal Addons for Elementor remote code execution vulnerability
high 7.6 published 2026-10-22
- Affected versions
- 1.7.1068 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.7.1069
- Latest version
- 1.7.1070
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.6
- Active installs
- 600,000+
- Type
- Remote code execution
What an attacker needs
- Access: A low-level account on the site, such as a subscriber or customer (per the CVSS score).
CVSS vector (score by Patchstack): CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
What to do now
- Update Royal Addons for Elementor to 1.7.1069 or newer (the latest is 1.7.1070): Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- Not sure which version you run? Check your version against every known Royal Addons for Elementor issue.
With WP-CLI:
wp plugin get royal-elementor-addons --field=version. - If you ran an affected version and something looks off (new admin users, spam pages, redirects), run the free scan below.
The advisory
Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in WProyal Royal Elementor Addons royal-elementor-addons allows Code Injection.This issue affects Royal Elementor Addons: from n/a through 1.7.1068.
References
- NVD CVE-2026-111851 nvd.nist.gov
- Patchstack advisory patchstack.com
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Where this data comes from
- CVE record, score and references: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Versions and install counts: wordpress.org/plugins/royal-elementor-addons (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- The summary, “what an attacker needs” and “what to do” sections are our plain-English reading of the record and the plugin's release history; the quoted description is the record's own text. Spot an error? Email Daniel.