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CVE-2026-0920: LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor <= 1.5.6.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Backdoor to Administrative User Creation via lakit_bkrole parameter

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Administrative User Creation in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6.3. This is due to the 'ajax_register_handle' function not restricting what user roles a user can register with. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply the 'lakit_bkrole' parameter during registration and gain administrator access to the site.

Affected products

• choijun LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor: through 1.5.6.3

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lastudio-element-kit/tags/1.5.6.3/includes/integrations/override.php#L301
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3439121/lastudio-element-kit
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65ebc744-6cc2-47ce-b225-81820e49d59c?source=cve

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