Responsive Ready Sites Importer <= 2.2.6 — Unprotected AJAX Actions
CVE-2020-12073Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <2.2.6Update to 2.2.7 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.1
- CVSS
- 9.1CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:HIntegrity- High
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Responsive Starter Templates – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites responsive-add-ons
- Affected< 2.2.6
- Patched in2.2.7
Update to 2.2.7 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 2.2.6. Version 2.2.7 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Responsive Starter Templates – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.2.7, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Responsive Starter Templates – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chloe Chamberland.
The Responsive Ready Sites Importer for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due missing capability checks on several AJAX actions in versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with minimal permissions, such as subscribers, to perform a variety of unauthorized actions such as importing site content.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤3.2.0Update to 3.2.1 | CVE-2025-48335 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤3.1.9Update to 3.2.0 | CVE-2025-47486 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
≤3.5.3Update to 3.5.4
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary Code Execution
<3.4.3Update to 3.4.3
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update
≤3.2.2Update to 3.2.3
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤3.2.0Update to 3.2.1
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤3.1.9Update to 3.2.0
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.1
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.