CVE-2026-1182057.4HighCWE-269

CVE-2026-118205: Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'page_id' Parameter via Elementor Revision

wpdevteam · Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets

Affected: wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)

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0.5%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

41st percentile

050100

Higher than 41% of scored CVEs

7.4HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

Affected products1

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wpdevteam · Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgetsup to and including 6.8.7

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Exploitation: Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Improper Privilege Management · Access Control
Vendor: wpdevteam
Published: October 2026
Band: Unlikely (under 1%), October 2026

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