Medium severity · published Mar 11, 2026
CVE-2026-2917
Happy Addons for Elementor <= 3.21.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Post Duplication via 'post_id' Parameter
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Happy Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.21.0 via the `ha_duplicate_thing` admin action handler. This is due to the `can_clone()` method only checking `current_user_can('edit_posts')` (a general capability) without performing object-level authorization such as `current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id)`, and the nonce being tied to the generic action name `ha_duplicate_thing` rather than to a specific post ID. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to clone any published post, page, or custom post type by obtaining a valid clone nonce from their own posts and changing the `post_id` parameter to target other users' content. The clone operation copies the full post content, all post metadata (including potentially sensitive widget configurations and API tokens), and taxonomies into a new draft owned by the attacker.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HA
Happy Addons for Elementor · thehappymonster
through 3.21.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2917
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2917
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-elementor-addons/tags/3.20.7/classes/clone-handler.php#L21
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-elementor-addons/tags/3.20.7/classes/clone-handler.php#L61
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-elementor-addons/trunk/classes/clone-handler.php#L21
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/happy-elementor-addons/trunk/classes/clone-handler.php#L61
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3475242%40happy-elementor-addons%2Ftrunk&old=3463375%40happy-elementor-addons%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9234b1ce-032f-487d-b60a-f80c78373238?source=cve
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