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CVE-2025-8489 (GCVE-0-2025-8489)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-31 06:42 – Updated: 2025-12-01 22:41

Previdian

Title

King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor 24.12.92 - 51.1.14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Summary

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-10-31 14:26 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2429 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-a…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-a…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
kingaddons	King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor	Affected: * , ≤ 51.1.14 (semver)	guessed

Credits

Peter Thaleikis

Previdian

Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

KEV entry ID: 90dfff74-5423-47f2-8709-62e59dc3c3da

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2025-8489

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2025-12-03 21:31 UTC

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps

First Seen: 2025-12-03

Asserted: 2025-12-03

Scope

Notes: KEVIntel entry: King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor 24.12.92 - 51.1.14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation | Affected: kingaddons / King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor | CVSS: 9.8 (CRITICAL) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True

Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: kevintel

Details

Feed	KEVIntel (kevintel.com)
Title	King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor 24.12.92 - 51.1.14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Vendor	kingaddons
Product	King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor
Added Date	2025-12-03T21:31:32.000Z
Cvss Score	9.8
Epss Score	None
Cvss Severity	CRITICAL
Epss Percentile	None
Used In Malware	unknown
Ahead Of Cisa Kev	None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev	True

References

Created: 2026-06-19 12:42 UTC | Updated: 2026-06-19 12:42 UTC

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CNVD-2025-27246

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2025-11-06

Title

WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin权限提升漏洞

Description

WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin是专为Elementor页面构建器设计的扩展插件‌，提供大量预设模板、组件和功能，用于快速构建WordPress网站。 WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin存在权限提升漏洞，该漏洞源于未正确限制用户注册角色，攻击者可利用该漏洞注册管理员级别账户。

Severity

高

Patch Name

WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin权限提升漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Formal description

目前厂商已发布升级程序修复该安全问题，详情见厂商官网: https://wordpress.org/plugins/king-addons

Reference

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/24.12.93/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L353

Impacted products

Name
WordPress King Addons for Elementor plugin >=24.12.92，<=51.1.14

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FKIE_CVE-2025-8489

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-31 07:15 - Updated: 2026-10-07 21:10

Previdian

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

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	security@wordfence.com	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1bb2b06-9a3b-4428-8624-26a1202fe3b0?source=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-Q9WG-XWHC-4J78

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-31 09:30 – Updated: 2025-10-31 09:30

Details

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-8489 (GCVE-0-2025-8489)

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Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant

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Public Report Successful Exploitation Confidence: 70% Source: kevintel

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References

CNVD-2025-27246

FKIE_CVE-2025-8489

GHSA-Q9WG-XWHC-4J78

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