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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page.","score":7.4,"severity":"high","published":"2026-10-30T17:15:30.431Z","modified":"2026-10-30T18:08:57.942Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"products":[{"vendor":"wpdevteam","name":"Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.8.7","versionType":"semver"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","cpes":[],"source":"Wordfence","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118205"}],"remediation":[],"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"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-118205","modified":"2026-10-30T18:08:57.942Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118205"}],"assessments":[{"source":"Wordfence","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","score":7.4}],"sourceAffected":[],"observedAt":"2026-10-30T19:12:52.486Z","kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-31T07:45:30.596Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[],"aiSummary":null}