8.1

CVE-2026-18039: unknown essential addons for elementor Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighDeferred
Published 14-08-2026Last modified 14-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-18039 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in unknown essential addons for elementor. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 6.7.2.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · +0.10 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.10 pp

From 0.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • essential-addons-for-elementor-lite≤ 6.7.1 (fixed in 6.7.2)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links