Improper privilege management in kingaddons King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready…
Priority MEDIUM 61CWE-269Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 24.12.92 to 51.1.14 . This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that users can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register with administrator-level user accounts.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.09606 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kingaddons | King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor | up to 51.1.14 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor Vendorkingaddons Affected up to 51.1.14 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-8489
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q9wg-xwhc-4j78
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1bb2b06-9a3b-4428-8624-26a1202fe3b0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/24.12.93/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L353
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/51.1.35/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L160
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- TI-2026-39642 Authorization bypass in kingaddons Trinity Backup – Backup, Migrate, Restore, Clone… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-12861 Cross-site scripting in kingaddons King Addons for Elementor – 80+ Elementor Widgets, 4… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-12789 King Addons for Elementor <= 51.1.49 - Unauthenticated API Keys Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-64026 WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin <= 51.1.86 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-36134 WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin <= 51.1.62 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-12366 Cross-site scripting in kingaddons King Addons for Elementor – 80+ Elementor Widgets, 4… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-8489 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-8489 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q9wg-xwhc-4j78 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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