Vulnerability · Published May 14, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-5193Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets <= 6.5.13 - Authenticated (Author+) Limited Privilege Escalation via register_user
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets from wpdevteam. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.13. This is due to insufficient role validation in the 'register_user' function, which only blocks the 'administrator' role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to create new user accounts with elevated privileges such as editor.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets | 0 – through 6.5.13 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N