WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Easy Elements for Elementor < 1.4.5 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via easyel_handle_register

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to privilege escalation via user registration due to the 'easyel_handle_register' function not restricting what user roles a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'administrator' role during registration and gain administrator access to the site.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.4.5

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Ankit Patel
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-05-19 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-05-19 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-20 (about 1 hour ago)

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