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.
History

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Weaknesses CWE-285

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

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


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First Time appeared Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Wordpress
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Weaknesses CWE-285

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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.
Title Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.7.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Profile Field Mass Assignment
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-14T15:26:44.367Z

Reserved: 2026-07-28T08:45:17.480Z

Link: CVE-2026-18039

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T15:26:15.487Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-14T06:17:09.077

Modified: 2026-08-14T16:16:50.573

Link: CVE-2026-18039

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-14T19:45:16Z