Report: CVE-2026-5193 - Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets <= 6.5.13

Report: CVE-2026-5193 - Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets <= 6.5.13

CVE ID :CVE-2026-5193 Published : May 14, 2026, 7:16 a.m. | 53 minutes ago Description :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. Severity: 6.5 | MEDIUM Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...

CVE Details

Severity
MEDIUM
Published
May 14, 2026
Affected Product: WordPress
Impact: privilege escalation