Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as subsite administrator
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ExploitInvoke EAE login-approval feature against cross-site account
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ExecutionBypass missing per-account authorization check
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ImpactAlter approval/login state of other sites' users
Vulnerability Assessment
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1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a WordPress Multisite network (a non-default deployment mode) and that the attacker already holds administrator capability on at least one subsite (PR:H), with Essential Addons for Elementor's login-approval feature in use. The vulnerability is the plugin checking only a site-level capability instead of verifying authority over the specific targeted account. Limiting factors that reduce realistic risk: single-site (non-Multisite) installations are not affected, administrator-level authentication is required, and the impact is confined to changing the approval/login state of accounts rather than disclosing data. |
| Impact | This is a genuinely low-priority issue despite the 'Authentication Bypass' tag, and the signals are consistent rather than conflicting. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 3.8 (Low) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, and the SSVC decision framework agrees: Exploitation=none, Automatable=no, Technical Impact=partial, yielding a vuln.today Decision label of 'monitor'. No CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score were provided in the input, so there is no signal of active or probable widespread exploitation. The decisive limiting factor is PR:H - exploitation requires the attacker to already hold administrator privileges on a subsite - combined with the fact that the flaw is only meaningful on WordPress Multisite networks, which are a minority deployment mode. The real-world impact is a cross-tenant authorization failure (CWE-863): a subsite administrator can alter the approval/login state of accounts on other sites, which is an integrity/availability concern, not data disclosure (C:N). One note for verification: the NVD vector uses S:U (unchanged scope), but because the impact reaches accounts belonging to other sites on the network - crossing a security-authority boundary - a scope change (S:C) is arguably more accurate; this does not change the overall low-priority conclusion. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | On a WordPress Multisite network running Essential Addons for Elementor before 6.8.7, an administrator of one subsite invokes the plugin's login-approval feature. Because the plugin only checks a site-level capability rather than verifying the admin may manage the specific target account, the subsite admin can change the approval and login state of user accounts belonging to other sites on the network. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 23, 2026
Subsite administrators in WordPress Multisite deployments running Essential Addons for Elementor before 6.8.7 can alter the login-approval and login state of user accounts belonging to other sites on the network because the plugin checks only a site-level capability rather than verifying authority over the targeted account. The issue requires the login-approval feature to be in use and administrator access on at least one subsite; single-site WordPress installations are not affected. It is assessed as a low-priority authorization flaw, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: 6.8.7. Upgrade Essential Addons for Elementor to 6.8.7 or later; the vendor patch is available and the WPScan advisory is at https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/672ddaeb-b42f-4b8b-83ce-83e15899d651/. If upgrading cannot be done immediately, disable the plugin's login-approval feature on WordPress Multisite networks, which removes that approval workflow and its cross-site account-state changes. Restricting administrator capability on every subsite to trusted users reduces exposure but does not correct the authorization check, and single-site installations are not affected.
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The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) in the plugin's login-approval feature. WordPress Multisite shares user accounts across the network while roles and capabilities are scoped per site, so a capability check at the site level does not establish that a subsite administrator may manage the specific account being targeted. Essential Addons for Elementor before 6.8.7 performs only that site-level check, allowing an administrator of one subsite to change the approval and login state of accounts belonging to other sites on the network. The independent assessment rates scope as changed (S:C), reflecting that the effect crosses site boundaries, while confidentiality impact is none and integrity and availability impacts are low and limited to account approval and login state.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Requires subsite administrator privileges (PR:H) over the network, and impact reaches accounts on other sites, crossing an authority boundary (S:C); only integrity/availability of login state (C:N, I:L, A:L).
Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).
CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
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3DescriptionCVE.org
The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.8.7 does not verify that an administrator may manage the specific user accounts targeted by its login-approval feature, checking only a site-level capability, which on WordPress Multisite could allow a subsite administrator to change the approval and login state of accounts belonging to other sites on the network.
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