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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 `easyel_handle_register()` …

High CVSS 8.8
CVECVE-2026-9018
First seen2026-07-23 12:15 UTC
Disclosed2026-05-22 05:16 UTC
Last updated2026-07-23 12:15 UTC
Channel statusauto

Summary

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 `easyel_handle_register()` function. This is due to the `wp_ajax_nopriv_eel_register` AJAX handler iterating the attacker-controlled `custom_meta` POST array and writing every supplied key-value pair to the newly created user's meta via `update_user_meta()` without any key whitelist or blocklist, allowing the `wp_capabilities…

In-depth triage · Auto channel

No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).

Lint boundary warnings (1)

The following non-blocking warnings were raised during the lint phase of this triage (e.g. reference URLs not yet on the allowlist). They do not affect entry usability and are disclosed for transparency (see DR-002).

  • REF_URL_NOT_ALLOWLISTED url not in allowlist: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1de4899-532a-4558-bff0-f4610bfdd49d?source=cve

Sources

  • NVD DATABASE

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Timeline

  1. nvd_ingest NVD