CVE Explorer
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 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`
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates","vendor":"themewant","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.4.5","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1f963b6f873ed2d13e6552d913491d3cf2867d81dd1f9cf919984efa3056b097 · sha256:431af2448f65391f… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1f963b6f873ed2d13e6552d913491d3cf2867d81dd1f9cf919984efa3056b097 · sha256:431af2448f65391f… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/includes/Utils/Enqueue.php#L200"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1f963b6f873ed2d13e6552d913491d3cf2867d81dd1f9cf919984efa3056b097 · sha256:431af2448f65391f… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L128"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1f963b6f873ed2d13e6552d913491d3cf2867d81dd1f9cf919984efa3056b097 · sha256:431af2448f65391f… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L65"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1f963b6f873ed2d13e6552d913491d3cf2867d81dd1f9cf919984efa3056b097 · sha256:431af2448f65391f… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L9"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1f963b6f873ed2d13e6552d913491d3cf2867d81dd1f9cf919984efa3056b097 · sha256:431af2448f65391f… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1de4899-532a-4558-bff0-f4610bfdd49d?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:1f963b6f873ed2d13e6552d913491d3cf2867d81dd1f9cf919984efa3056b097 · sha256:431af2448f65391f… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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