CVE-2020-26596: elementor elementor_pro Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-26596 is a high (CVSS 9.0) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in elementor elementor_pro. EPSS estimates a 5.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.0.6.
Timeline
- 07-10-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Dynamic OOO widget for the Elementor Pro plugin through 3.0.5 for WordPress allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code because only the Editor role is needed to upload executable PHP code via the PHP Raw snippet. NOTE: this issue can be mitigated by removing the Dynamic OOO widget or by restricting availability of the Editor role.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- wordfenceSource7.2HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
5.70%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 5.70% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (ww2.compunet.cl)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Elementor1 product
- elementor_pro≤ 3.0.5
Wordpress1 product
- elementor-pro≤ 3.0.5 (fixed in 3.0.6)
2 vendors · 2 products
References
3 links- ww2.compunet.cl/dia-cero-en-plugin-de-wordpres-detectada-compunet-redteam/X Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory