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CVE-2026-9018

The Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 via…

Published May 22, 2026 · updated Jul 23, 2026

The Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 via the function. This is due to the AJAX handler iterating the attacker-controlled POST array and writing every supplied key-value pair to the newly created user's meta via without any key whitelist or blocklist, allowing the user meta key to be overwritten after has already assigned a safe role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new account with full administrator-level privileges by supplying . Exploitation requires that user registration is enabled on the site and that at least one page exposes the Login/Register widget, which publishes the required into the page DOM where it can be retrieved by any unauthenticated visitor via a simple GET request.

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  1. May 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 via the function. This is due to the AJAX handler iterating the attacker-controlled POST array and writing every supplied key-value pair to the newly created user's meta via without any key whitelist or blocklist, allowing the user meta

  2. Jul 23, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 via the function. This is due to the AJAX handler iterating the attacker-controlled POST array and writing every supplied key-value pair to the newly created user's meta via without any key whitelist or blocklist, allowing the user meta

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  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-9018

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    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-9018

    The Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 via the function. This is due to the AJAX handler iterating

    nvd.nist.gov

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