Unlimited Elements For Elementor <= 2.0.16 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- SQL injection
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.
Summary
The Unlimited Elements For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'addontype' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.0.16. This is due to insufficient escaping on the user-supplied parameter and the lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query in the getWhereString() function; when the parameter is supplied as an array, element zero is used verbatim as the SQL comparison operator and concatenated into the WHERE clause without sanitization, while normalizeAjaxInputData() strips WordPress's magic_quotes protection from the value. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18561
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-536j-38mh-gp8m
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/969d605d-e093-447c-abf7-0d56cb3ac569?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/framework/db.class.php#L216
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_actions.class.php#L87
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_addons.class.php#L1387
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/inc_php/unitecreator_addon.class.php#L304
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/unlimited-elements-for-elementor/trunk/provider/provider_functions.class.php#L611
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3661670%40unlimited-elements-for-elementor%2Ftrunk&old=3628543%40unlimited-elements-for-elementor%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
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Sources
- CVE-2026-18561 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-18561 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-536j-38mh-gp8m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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