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Vulnerability · 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 · catalog updated Jul 23, 2026 · the affected product

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-9018. EPSS is 0.80%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

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  • No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.80%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record

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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  • stated named in the record<= 1.4.5

How to fix CVE-2026-9018

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-9018. EPSS is 0.80%. Act only if a listed version of the affected product is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 1.4.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. EPSS 0.80%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  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

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-9018

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-9018

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.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

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.