Jeg Elementor Kit <= 2.5.6 - Authorization Bypass

Description

The Jeg Elementor Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in various AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.5.6. Authenticated users can use an easily available nonce value to create header templates and make additional changes to the site, as the plugin does not use capability checks for this purpose.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.68% · top 47% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-639 and its CVEs

Affected products

• jegtheme · Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets & Templates for WordPress

  • affected ≤ 2.5.6

References (4)

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84b616fa-ff64-49e8-8c4a-7d7bfdf758be?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/jeg-elementor-kit/#developers (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2811758%40jeg-elementor-kit%2Ftrunk&old=2810568%40jeg-elementor-kit%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/84b616fa-ff64-49e8-8c4a-7d7bfdf758be (opens in a new tab)x_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2022-3794](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2022-3794.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-3794)

Record last updated 8 Apr 2026, 17:04 UTC.