wowelements Wow Elements Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 1.11.2 on WordPress Setting wp_remote_get Changelog File server-side request forgery

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in wowelements Wow Elements Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 1.11.2. This issue affects the function wp_remote_get of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument Changelog File can lead to server-side request forgery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-1641. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in wowelements Wow Elements Addons for Elementor Plugin up to 1.11.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function wp_remote_get of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument Changelog File with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Wow Elements Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.11.2. This is due to the plugin passing user-controlled input from the 'Changelog File' setting directly to the wp_remote_get function without adequate validation or sanitization of the URL. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-1641 since 01/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/19/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wowelements

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• Wow Elements Addons for Elementor Plugin

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• 1.11.0
• 1.11.1
• 1.11.2

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