CVE-2026-5193

Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets <= 6.5.13 - Authenticated (Author+) Limited Privilege Escalation via register_user

2026-05-13 18:07
Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 6.6.0
Affected Plugin
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
Affected Version
<= 6.5.13
CVSS
6.5Medium
Weakness type
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
CVE
CVE-2026-5193
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At a glance

CVE-2026-5193 is a medium-severity Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in the Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 6.5.13. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 6.6.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2026, reported by Athiwat Tiprasaharn (Jitlada).

Vulnerability Overview

The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.13. This is due to insufficient role validation in the 'register_user' function, which only blocks the 'administrator' role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to create new user accounts with elevated privileges such as editor.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity.

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.5.13 carries this weakness at register_user, and reaching it takes an account at Author level or above. Improper privilege management means the code lets an account end up with capabilities its role should not have.

It converts a low-privileged account into an administrative one, which makes every other restriction on the site irrelevant. For Essential Addons for Elementor the fix is 6.6.0: builds <= 6.5.13 are affected, anything from 6.6.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 6.6.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Essential Addons for Elementor 6.6.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5193https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/22930940-8e2c-446a-954c-90d617f3ca6dhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5193

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