What the vulnerability does
01Description
The News Element Elementor Blog Magazine plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.8. This is due to a missing capability check and nonce verification on the 'ne_clean_data' AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to truncate 8 core WordPress database tables (posts, comments, terms, term_relationships, term_taxonomy, postmeta, commentmeta, termmeta) and delete the entire WordPress uploads directory, resulting in complete data loss.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
The News Element Elementor Blog Magazine plugin for WordPress contains an authorization flaw that allows authenticated users with low privileges to modify or delete content they should not have access to. The vulnerability affects versions up to 1.0.8. An attacker with a basic user account can bypass permission checks to alter site data. Update to a version newer than 1.0.8 to resolve this issue.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Modify or delete content without proper authorization as a low-privilege user.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Unauthorized users can alter or remove blog posts and magazine content, compromising site integrity.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a valid WordPress user account with low-level privileges.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
February 19, 2026
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
