TI-2026-14856 Aliases CVE-2026-18039 GHSA-69j3-r66p-rg4r

Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.7.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Profile Field Mass Assignment

LOW 37CWE-269Published 2026-08-14 · Updated 2026-08-14

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.7.2 does not prevent user-supplied registration fields from overwriting reserved account attributes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register an account with an arbitrary role, including administrator, on sites where a custom profile field with a particular label has been configured.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00383 32nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA

Fix Fixed Essential Addons for Elementor (Unknown): 6.7.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
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
Unknown	Essential Addons for Elementor	5.8.6 to before 6.7.2	6.7.2	Patch available	CNA

Essential Addons for Elementor VendorUnknown Affected 5.8.6 to before 6.7.2 Fixed in 6.7.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Fix · CNA Essential Addons for Elementor (Unknown) Fixed in 6.7.2

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18039
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-69j3-r66p-rg4r

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2982ee81-3a85-435b-8347-a7848e99f373/

Sources

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Sources and licences