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The vulnerability exists because the handler's post status deny-list rejects `future`, `draft`, and `pending` but admits `inherit` — the status carried by every WordPress revision — allowing an attacker to substitute a revision ID for a live page ID, while a flawed \"last saved by administrator\" check reads `post_author` on revisions (which reflects the editing administrator) rather than the `_edit_last` meta that is never copied to revisions, and the nonce gate is rendered ineffective because any unauthenticated visitor can freely obtain a valid nonce via the `wp_ajax_nopriv_eael_get_token` endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register an account with a role as high as Editor — gaining capabilities including `edit_others_posts`, `publish_pages`, `upload_files`, and `unfiltered_html` — by naming a revision whose `_elementor_data` contains an elevated role an administrator previously saved and later reverted on a page bearing the Login/Register widget. Successful exploitation requires that the site has \"Anyone can register\" enabled and that an administrator has at some point saved and then reverted a non-default \"New User Role\" on an affected page.","publishedAt":"2026-10-30T17:15:30.431Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-30T18:08:57.942Z","severity":{"score":7.4,"label":"High","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","source":"Wordfence"},"assigner":"Wordfence","products":["wpdevteam Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets"],"affected":[{"vendor":"wpdevteam","product":"Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.8.7","versionType":"semver"}]}],"references":["https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a739cb9a-0b09-4303-8d4a-16fca1152adf?source=cve","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includes/Traits/Login_Registration.php#L1059","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includes/Traits/Login_Registration.php#L887","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includes/Traits/Login_Registration.php#L552","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includes/Traits/Login_Registration.php#L2762","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includes/Traits/Ajax_Handler.php#L1817","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/tags/6.8.5/includes/Classes/Bootstrap.php#L216","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3770535/essential-addons-for-elementor-lite/trunk/includes/Traits/Login_Registration.php"],"weaknesses":["CWE-269"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-30T18:20:07.061Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/118xxx/CVE-2026-118205.json","commit":"55f8edbf9d47efa62275e8ca91bb2e15e821b559","baselineCommit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-118205","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-30T17:15:30.431Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-30T18:08:57.942Z","assignerShortName":"Wordfence","assignerOrgId":"b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599","dateReserved":"2026-10-27T19:08:29.796Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Essential Addons for Elementor <= 6.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'page_id' Parameter via Elementor Revision","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"The Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.8.7 via the `page_id` parameter of the `register_user()` function. 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