CVE-2026-5193: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets WordPress plugin contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in versions up to 6. 5. 13. The issue arises from insufficient role validation in the 'register_user' function, which only blocks creation of new users with the 'administrator' role. Authenticated users with author-level access or higher can exploit this to create new user accounts with elevated privileges such as editor. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6. 5, indicating medium severity. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-5193 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets WordPress plugin. The vulnerability is due to improper privilege management (CWE-269) in the 'register_user' function, which insufficiently validates user roles by only blocking the 'administrator' role. This allows authenticated users with author-level permissions or higher to create new user accounts with elevated privileges such as editor. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 6.5.13. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.5 (medium severity), with network attack vector, low attack complexity, privileges required at the level of author, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact. No patch or official remediation is currently documented.
Potential Impact
An authenticated user with author-level access or higher can escalate privileges by creating new user accounts with elevated roles such as editor. This could allow unauthorized modification of content or settings within the WordPress site. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability reported. No known exploits have been observed in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict author-level and higher user permissions to trusted users only. Monitor for updates from the plugin vendor and apply any official patches promptly once available.
CVE-2026-5193: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
Description
The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets WordPress plugin contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in versions up to 6. 5. 13. The issue arises from insufficient role validation in the 'register_user' function, which only blocks creation of new users with the 'administrator' role. Authenticated users with author-level access or higher can exploit this to create new user accounts with elevated privileges such as editor. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6. 5, indicating medium severity. No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available from the vendor. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-5193 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets WordPress plugin. The vulnerability is due to improper privilege management (CWE-269) in the 'register_user' function, which insufficiently validates user roles by only blocking the 'administrator' role. This allows authenticated users with author-level permissions or higher to create new user accounts with elevated privileges such as editor. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 6.5.13. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 6.5 (medium severity), with network attack vector, low attack complexity, privileges required at the level of author, no user interaction, unchanged scope, no confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, and no availability impact. No patch or official remediation is currently documented.
Potential Impact
An authenticated user with author-level access or higher can escalate privileges by creating new user accounts with elevated roles such as editor. This could allow unauthorized modification of content or settings within the WordPress site. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability reported. No known exploits have been observed in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, restrict author-level and higher user permissions to trusted users only. Monitor for updates from the plugin vendor and apply any official patches promptly once available.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-30T21:18:50.734Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a057470cbff5d8610a8ec0d
Added to database: 5/14/2026, 7:06:24 AM
Last enriched: 5/14/2026, 7:22:26 AM
Last updated: 5/14/2026, 9:02:35 AM
Views: 4
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