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CVE-2025-8489VulnerabilityPublished

The King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor plugin for WordPress is

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-8489· Critical 9.8

Public exploit available (Metasploit) · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 23:29 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 31 Oct 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: evidence found.

    1 Metasploit module

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Until an official fix is available, restrict access to user registration functionality or disable the plugin if possible. Monitor for vendor updates and apply patches promptly once released.

Description

The King Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress contains a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in versions 24.12.92 through 51.1.14. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to register accounts with administrator-level privileges due to improper role restrictions during user registration.

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