WDesignKit – Elementor & Gutenberg Starter Templates, Patterns, Cloud Workspace & Widget Builder <= 1.2.16 - Missing Authentication via wdkit_handle_review_submission Function

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-9029
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published October 3, 2025
Last Updated October 4, 2025
Researcher Peter Thaleikis
Description

The WDesignKit – Elementor & Gutenberg Starter Templates, Patterns, Cloud Workspace & Widget Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization via the wdkit_handle_review_submission function in versions less than, or equal to, 1.2.16. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to submit feedback data to external services.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wdesignkit (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2.16
Patched Version
  • 1.2.17
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