Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates <= 1.4.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'custom_meta' Parameter_CVE-2026-9018

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    "description": "The Easy Elements for Elementor \u2013 Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 via the `easyel_handle_register()` function. This is due to the `wp_ajax_nopriv_eel_register` AJAX handler iterating the attacker-controlled `custom_meta` POST array and writing every supplied key-value pair to the newly created user's meta via `update_user_meta()` without any key whitelist or blocklist, allowing the `wp_capabilities` user meta key to be overwritten after `wp_insert_user()` has already assigned a safe role. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new account with full administrator-level privileges by supplying `custom_meta[wp_capabilities][administrator]=1`. Exploitation requires that user registration is enabled on the site and that at least one page exposes the Login/Register widget, which publishes the required `easy_elements_nonce` into the page DOM where it can be retrieved by any unauthenticated visitor via a simple GET request.",
    "published": "2026-05-22T04:29:04.565Z",
    "modified": "2026-05-22T04:29:04.565Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Easy Elements for Elementor \u2013 Addons & Website Templates <= 1.4.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'custom_meta' Parameter",
    "source": "Wordfence",
    "references": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1de4899-532a-4558-bff0-f4610bfdd49d?source=cve\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L65\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L128\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L9\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/includes/Utils/Enqueue.php#L200",
    "id": "CVE-2026-9018",
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    "cwe": [
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    "sourceData": "themewant Easy Elements for Elementor \u2013 Addons & Website Templates 0",
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        "score": 8.8,
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        "version": "3.1"
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    "product": "Easy Elements for Elementor \u2013 Addons & Website Templates",
    "version": "0",
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    "ai_description": "Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Easy Elements for Elementor \u2013 Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress via the `easyel_handle_register()` function, allowing attackers to register a new account with full administrator-level privileges.",
    "ai_severity": "High",
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