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CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-8489
King Addons for Elementor – Free Elements, Widgets, Templates, and Features for Elementor 24.12.92 - 51.1.14 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 31, 2025, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 4, 2025, 3:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-8489 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

No affected product recoded yet

: Total Affected Vendor : 0 | Products : 0
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 CRITICAL [email protected]
Solution
Restrict user roles and update the plugin to prevent privilege escalation.
  • Update the King Addons plugin to the latest version.
  • Review and restrict user role registration capabilities.
  • Remove the plugin if not actively used.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-8489.

URL Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/24.12.93/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L353
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/51.1.35/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L160
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1bb2b06-9a3b-4428-8624-26a1202fe3b0?source=cve
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-8489 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-8489 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-8489 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • TheCyberThrone
Microsoft Patch Tuesday December 2025

Microsoft’s final Patch Tuesday of 2025, released on December 9, addresses approximately 56-57 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Exchange, and related components, including three zero-days and s ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 10, 2025 (3 days, 11 hours ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
Apache Tika CVE-2025-66516 Scores Perfect 10

December 6, 2025CVE-2025-66516, a critical XXE vulnerability in Apache Tika’s core with CVSS 10.0, exposes organizations to data exfiltration and SSRF through malicious PDF uploads, affecting document ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 06, 2025 (1 week ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
React2Shell CVE-2025-55182- Shaking React and Next.js Ecosystems

React Server Components promised a revolution in web development—seamless server-side rendering with client interactivity. But a critical flaw dubbed React2Shell has turned that promise into a widespr ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 05, 2025 (1 week, 1 day ago)
  • TheCyberThrone
King Addons vulnerability CVE-2025-8489 for Elementor Plugin

December 4, 2025A critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8489, has been discovered in the popular King Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions from 24.12.92 through 51. ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 04, 2025 (1 week, 2 days ago)
  • The Hacker News
WordPress King Addons Flaw Under Active Attack Lets Hackers Make Admin Accounts

Dec 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Website Security A critical security flaw impacting a WordPress plugin known as King Addons for Elementor has come under active exploitation in the wild. ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 03, 2025 (1 week, 2 days ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
Critical Elementor Plugin Vulnerability Let Attackers Takeover WordPress Site Admin Control

A critical security flaw in the popular “King Addons for Elementor” WordPress plugin has left thousands of websites at risk of complete takeover, security researchers have warned. The vulnerability, t ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 03, 2025 (1 week, 3 days ago)
  • CybersecurityNews
Critical Elementor Plugin Vulnerability Let Attackers Takeover WordPress Site Admin Control

A serious vulnerability has been discovered in the King Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting more than 10,000 active installations worldwide. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to g ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 03, 2025 (1 week, 3 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
CISA Warns: Critical Iskra iHUB Flaw (CVE-2025-13510) Allows Unauthenticated Smart Metering Takeover

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Published Date: Dec 03, 2025 (1 week, 3 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Critical Elementor Plugin Flaw (CVE-2025-8489, CVSS 9.8) Under Active Exploitation Allows Unauthenticated Admin Takeover

A critical security flaw in a popular WordPress plugin has triggered a massive wave of exploitation attempts, with threat actors actively trying to seize control of vulnerable websites by registering ... Read more

Published Date: Dec 03, 2025 (1 week, 3 days ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Critical WordPress Theme Flaw (CVE-2025-5397, CVSS 9.8) Under Active Exploitation Allows Unauthenticated Admin Takeover

An extremely severe security vulnerability has been discovered and is being actively exploited in the Jobmonster – Job Board WordPress Theme, a popular theme used by nearly 5.6k customers to connect e ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 01, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
Critical WordPress Plugin Flaw (CVE-2025-8489, CVSS 9.8) Allows Unauthenticated Admin Takeover

A critical security vulnerability has been identified and is being actively exploited in the King Addons for Elementor plugin, a popular toolkit used by over 10,000 active WordPress installations. The ... Read more

Published Date: Nov 01, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)
  • Daily CyberSecurity
CVE-2025-11833 (CVSS 9.8): Critical Flaw Exposes 400,000 WordPress Sites to Unauthenticated Account Takeover

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Published Date: Nov 01, 2025 (1 month, 1 week ago)

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-8489 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-269
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/24.12.93/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L353
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/king-addons/tags/51.1.35/includes/widgets/Login_Register_Form/Login_Register_Form_Ajax.php#L160
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a1bb2b06-9a3b-4428-8624-26a1202fe3b0?source=cve
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 9.8
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact