{"id":"CVE-2026-85017","title":"The Unlimited Elements For Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.20 does not perform a capability check on an AJAX action and deserializes attacker-controlled stored data through it, which makes it possible for authenticated attackers wi…","summary":"The Unlimited Elements For Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.20 does not perform a capability check on an AJAX action and deserializes attacker-controlled stored data through it, which makes it possible for authenticated attackers wi…","severity":"high","cvss":7.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-502"],"product":"Unlimited Elements For Elementor","affected":["unlimited_elements_for_elementor < 2.0.20"],"published":"2026-09-20","updated":"2026-09-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-21T13:34:57.127","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85017","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/459a7479-ebd8-4e46-a709-cb86d0386f9b/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00236,"epssPercentile":0.14875,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-20T13:49:30.638313Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-20T07:16:12.221Z","slug":"CVE-2026-85017","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Unlimited Elements For Elementor WordPress plugin before 2.0.20 does not perform a capability check on an AJAX action and deserializes attacker-controlled stored data through it, which makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access to inject arbitrary PHP objects. A partial fix in the 2.0.18 to 2.0.19 releases raised the privilege required to reach the vulnerable action to editor-level, and the issue was fully resolved in 2.0.20.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":41,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":208017,"id":"CVE-2026-85017","ts":1789914180525,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.5"},{"seq":208016,"id":"CVE-2026-85017","ts":1789914180525,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}