9.8
/ 10
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
The King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 24.12.92 to 51.1.14 . This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that users can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register with administrator-level user accounts.
AI Analysis
Unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability due to improper role restriction
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2025-8489
Source
Wordfence
Published
Oct 31, 2025 at 06:42
Affected Product
Vendor
kingaddons
Product
King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor
Version
24.12.92-51.1.14
Affected Versions
kingaddons King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor *
CWE Classification
AI Assessment
AI Score
9.8 / 10
AI Severity
Critical
Vendor
King Addons
Product
King Addons for Elementor
Version
24.12.92-51.1.14
References
- www.wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1bb2b06-9a3b-4428-8624-26a1202fe3b0
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/king-addons/tags/24.12.93/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/king-addons/tags/51.1.35/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php