CVE-2026-18039CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-18039

High · published August 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
31.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00383 · 31.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-08-14T10:17Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2982ee81-3a85-435b-8347-a7848e99f373/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 AUG 06:00Z
    Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.7.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Profile Field Mass Assignment
    cvelistv5