What is CVE-2026-9018?

CVE-2026-9018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Themewant Easy Elements For Elementor – Addons & Website Templates, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2026-9018?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2026-9018 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Themewant Easy Elements For Elementor – Addons & Website Templates

CVE-2026-9018

The Easy Elements for Elementor – Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.5 via the `easyel_handle_register()` function. This is due to the `wp_ajax_no…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.000 (8.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Themewant Easy Elements For Elementor – Addons & Website Templates — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

xxconi/CVE-2026-9018

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-9018?: CVE-2026-9018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Themewant Easy Elements For Elementor – Addons & Website Templates, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-9018?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2026-9018 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.