CVE-2026-5193
Medium
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.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductEssential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
PublishedMay 14, 2026
First seenMay 14, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-269Improper privilege management
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets | v ≤ 6.5.13 | — |
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