CVE-2025-8489
King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor 24.12.92 - 51.1.14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Basic Information
- CVE State
- PUBLISHED
- Reserved Date
- August 01, 2025
- Published Date
- October 31, 2025
- Last Updated
- December 01, 2025
- Vendor
- kingaddons
- Product
- King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor
- Description
- The King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions 24.12.92 to 51.1.14 . This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the roles that users can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register with administrator-level user accounts.
CVSS Scores
CVSS v3.1
9.8 - CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC Information
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical Impact
- total
Exploit Status
- Exploited in the Wild
- Yes (2025-12-03 21:31:32 UTC) Source
References
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1bb2b06-9a3b-4428-8624-26a1202fe3b0?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/24.12.93/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L353
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/51.1.35/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L160
Known Exploited Vulnerability Information
| Source | Added Date |
|---|---|
| The Shadowserver (via CIRCL) | 2025-12-03 21:31:32 UTC |
Timeline
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CVE ID Reserved
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CVE Published to Public
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Added to KEVIntel