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The Plus Addons for Elementor PRO <= 4.1.9 & The Plus Addons for Elementor <= 2.0.6 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation

CVE-2021-4331Published · Updated

Action summary

The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates: Affected: ≤2.0.6Update to 2.0.7 or newer

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro: Affected: ≤4.1.9Update to 4.1.10 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High8.8
CVSS
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:H Integrity
High
A:H Availability
High
Weakness
CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates the-plus-addons-for-elementor-page-builder

  1. Affected≤ 2.0.6
  2. Patched in2.0.7

Update to 2.0.7 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.0.6. Version 2.0.7 and later are not affected by this issue.

The Plus Addons for Elementor Page Builder Pro theplus_elementor_addon

  1. Affected≤ 4.1.9
  2. Patched in4.1.10

Update to 4.1.10 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.1.9. Version 4.1.10 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.0.7, or a newer patched version
  2. Update to version 4.1.10, or a newer patched version
  3. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  4. Watch The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Chloe Chamberland.

The Plus Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including 4.1.9 (pro) and 2.0.6 (free). The plugin adds a registration form to the Elementor page builders functionality. As part of the registration form, users can choose which role to set as the default for users upon registration. This field is not hidden for lower-level users so any user with access to the Elementor page builder, such as contributors, can set the default role to administrator. Since contributors can not publish posts, only author+ users can elevate privileges without interaction via a site administrator (to approve a post).

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates

All 43
More vulnerabilities in The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.5.3Update to 6.6.0
CVE-2026-116848
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.5.1Update to 6.5.2
CVE-2026-96829
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'carousel_direction' Parameter
≤6.4.15Update to 6.4.16
CVE-2026-9243
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Button Widget Custom Attributes
≤6.4.11Update to 6.4.12
CVE-2026-15285
Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.4.11Update to 6.4.12
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.8

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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