Description
The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.8.8 does not correctly restrict who may set the role assigned to accounts created through its registration form, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to cause newly registered accounts, including those created by unauthenticated visitors through the public registration form, to be granted a higher role such as Editor.
This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-5193: the role-validation control added in 6.6.0 can be circumvented by a lower-privileged user, so versions 6.6.0 through 6.8.7 remain affected even on sites that are patched against that advisory.
Published: 2026-10-31
Score: 4.2 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sat, 31 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.8.8 does not correctly restrict who may set the role assigned to accounts created through its registration form, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to cause newly registered accounts, including those created by unauthenticated visitors through the public registration form, to be granted a higher role such as Editor. This is an incomplete fix of CVE-2026-5193: the role-validation control added in 6.6.0 can be circumvented by a lower-privileged user, so versions 6.6.0 through 6.8.7 remain affected even on sites that are patched against that advisory.
Title Essential Addons for Elementor 6.6.0 - 6.8.7 - Author+ Privilege Escalation via register_user_role
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-01T17:34:17.877Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T18:13:35.550Z

Link: CVE-2026-110808

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-01T17:27:50.247Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-31T06:16:32.377

Modified: 2026-11-01T18:17:07.720

Link: CVE-2026-110808

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-01T21:30:12Z

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