High severity · published Aug 14, 2026
CVE-2026-18039
Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.7.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Profile Field Mass Assignment
8.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EA
Essential Addons for Elementor ·
5.8.6 before 6.7.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18039
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18039
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2982ee81-3a85-435b-8347-a7848e99f373/
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