Arbitrary PHP Object Injection in Unlimited Elements For Elementor Plugin
CVE-2026-85017

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Unlimited Elements For Elementor
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 September 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-85017?

The Unlimited Elements For Elementor plugin for WordPress prior to version 2.0.20 suffers from a serious security flaw due to inadequate capability checks on an AJAX action, allowing authenticated attackers with minimal privileges, such as subscriber-level access, to inject arbitrary PHP objects via deserialized attacker-controlled data. Although an earlier version (2.0.18 to 2.0.19) partially mitigated this vulnerability by raising the privilege level to editor, it was not fully resolved until version 2.0.20.

Affected Version(s)

Unlimited Elements For Elementor 0 < 2.0.20

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2026-85017 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/459a7479-ebd8-4e46-a709-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jakub Herman
WPScan
.