CVE-2025-8489 Privilege escalation in King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor
Unauthenticated attackers can register as administrators due to improper role restriction in the King Addons for Elementor plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8489?
CVE-2025-8489 is a critical vulnerability in kingaddons King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor, published on 31 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8489?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8489?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-8489 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8489 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q9wg-xwhc-4j78.