Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'page_id' Parameter via Elementor Revision

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-118205
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-30 18:17:24 UTC
Updated2026-10-30 19:18:17 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.4 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-269 | CWE-269 CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
3.1CNADECLARED7.4HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Wpdevteam Essential Addons For Elementor Popular Elementor Templates Widgets affected 6.8.7 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includ... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includ... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includ... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includ... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includ... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includ... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a739cb9a-0b09-4303-8d4a-16fca... [email protected] www.wordfence.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3770535/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/trunk/i... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: crow (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2026-10-27T19:24:04.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2026-10-30T14:51:24.000ZDisclosed

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