Vulnerability · Published Aug 14, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2026-18039Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.7.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Profile Field Mass Assignment

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Essential Addons for Elementor from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.7.2 does not prevent user-supplied registration fields from overwriting reserved account attributes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register an account with an arbitrary role, including administrator, on sites where a custom profile field with a particular label has been configured.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Essential Addons for Elementor	5.8.6 – before 6.7.2

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2982ee81-3a85-435b-8347-a7848e99f373/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description