{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8489 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8489 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8489 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8489 exists.\n\nAffected product: kingaddons King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8489/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8489/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-8489","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8489/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-8489","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q9wg-xwhc-4j78"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can register as administrators due to improper role restriction in the King Addons for Elementor plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2025-10-30","github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2025-10-30","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/multi/http/wp_king_addons_privilege_escalation","stars":null,"title":"WordPress King Addons for Elementor Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to RCE"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor","id":"CVE-2025-8489","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"All-in-One WP Migration and Backup \u003c= 7.97 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Import","id":"CVE-2025-8490"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Missing authorization in Ultimate Addons for Elementor","id":"CVE-2025-8488"},"products":["King Addons for Elementor – 4,000+ ready Elementor sections, 650+ templates, 70+ FREE widgets for Elementor"],"published":"2025-10-31","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-12-01","vendors":["kingaddons"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can register as administrators due to improper role restriction in the King Addons for Elementor plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8489/"}