[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$faYK-UVjWeldNW9g56gnYEa6GAJHnHSko1z1-4EUlNEk":3},{"article":4,"iocs":40,"watch_terms":45,"solutions":46,"lesson":135},{"id":5,"title":6,"slug":7,"summary":8,"ai_summary":9,"brief":10,"url":11,"image_url":12,"published_at":13,"ingested_at":14,"relevance_score":15,"entities":16,"category_id":27,"category":28,"article_tags":32},"79c4a70f-a9a4-4da2-9e57-96adc44c4d5e","Elementor CSRF Flaw Lets Attackers Take Over Sites After Admin Clicks Crafted Link","elementor-csrf-flaw-lets-attackers-take-over-sites-after-admin-clicks-crafted-li-087d84","Details have emerged about a high-severity security flaw in the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin that could be exploited by an unauthenticated attacker to create rogue administrator accounts and take control of a site. The cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, which has yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, carries a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10.0. 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