---
id: CVE-2026-9018
title: >-
  The Easy Elements for Elementor – 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
summary: >-
  The Easy Elements for Elementor – 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_…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
published: '2026-05-22'
updated: '2026-07-23'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9018'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/includes/Utils/Enqueue.php#L200
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L128
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L65
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-elements/tags/1.4.5/widgets/login-register/class.login-register.php#L9
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1de4899-532a-4558-bff0-f4610bfdd49d?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00541
epssPercentile: 0.44449
ingestedAt: '2026-07-23T11:17:34.028Z'
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/xxconi/CVE-2026-9018'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-24T07:53:24.416Z'
exploitAvailable: true
---

## Overview

The Easy Elements for Elementor – 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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.