Critical Flaw in WordPress Add-on for Elementor

04. Dezember 2025

Kritische Lücke in Elementor Add-On (WordPress) gefunden

Attackers are exploiting a critical-severity privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025–8489) in the King Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress, which lets them obtain administrative permissions during the registration process.
The threat activity started on October 31, just a day after the issue was publicly disclosed. So far, the Wordfence security scanner from Defiant, a company that provides security services for WordPress websites, has blocked more than 48,400 exploit attempts.
King Addons is a third-party add-on for Elementor, a popular visual page builder plugin for WordPress sites. It is used on roughly 10,000 websites, providing additional widgets, templates, and features.

Quelle: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-flaw-in-wordpress-add-on-for-elementor-exploited-in-attacks/


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