CVE-2026-5193CWE-269

Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets <= 6.5.13 - Authenticated (Author+) Limited Privilege Escalation via register_user

Medium · published May 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00311 · 22.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-05-14T06:44Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 MAY 06:44Z
    Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets <= 6.5.13 - Authenticated (Author+) Limited Privilege Escalation via register_user
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