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Exploitation of CVE-2025-8489 in King Addons for Elementor Plugin

Exploitation of CVE-2025-8489 in King Addons for Elementor Plugin

First seen 5 Dec 2025, 01:41 UTC • •

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

A critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-8489) in the King Addons for Elementor plugin for WordPress is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to gain administrative permissions. The attacks began shortly after the vulnerability was disclosed, with over 48,400 exploit attempts blocked by Wordfence since November 9, 2025.

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