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Privilege escalation in Essential Addons for Elementor plugin

Priority LOW 35CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

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

Summary

Essential Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 6.8.7. The register_user() function accepts a revision ID as page_id and trusts flawed author checks, which is improper privilege management (CWE-269). An unauthenticated attacker can register an account with a role up to Editor when Anyone can register is enabled and an administrator previously saved and reverted a non-default New User Role on an affected page.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31

Description from the CNA

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.8.7 via the `page_id` parameter of the `register_user()` function. The vulnerability exists because the handler's post status deny-list rejects `future`, `draft`, and `pending` but admits `inherit` — the status carried by every WordPress revision — allowing an attacker to substitute a revision ID for a live page ID, while a flawed "last saved by administrator" check reads `post_author` on revisions (which reflects the editing administrator) rather than the `_edit_last` meta that is never copied to revisions, and the nonce gate is rendered ineffective because any unauthenticated visitor can freely obtain a valid nonce via the `wp_ajax_nopriv_eael_get_token` endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an account with a role as high as Editor — gaining capabilities including `edit_others_posts`, `publish_pages`, `upload_files`, and `unfiltered_html` — by naming a revision whose `_elementor_data` contains an elevated role an administrator previously saved and later reverted on a page bearing the Login/Register widget. Successful exploitation requires that the site has "Anyone can register" enabled and that an administrator has at some point saved and then reverted a non-default "New User Role" on an affected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00469 40th 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
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wpdevteamEssential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgetsup to 6.8.7—No fix listedCNA
  • Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets Vendorwpdevteam Affected up to 6.8.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——wpdevteam
  • cpe:2.3:a:wpdeveloper:essential_addons_for_elementor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·wpdevteam

Remediation

No fixed version is listed for Essential Addons for Elementor, and all versions up to and including 6.8.7 are affected.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-31

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118205
  2. 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-30 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-pvrf-6wrj-9xxg

References

  • TI-2024-01579 SQL injection in wpdevteam NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-15541 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-06070 Essential Blocks < 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-11478 SQL injection in ReviewX WordPress Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00275 NotificationX < 2.3.9 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05197 Essential Blocks < 4.7.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
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