CVE-2025-1639 Missing authorization in Animation Addons for Elementor Pro
Authenticated subscribers can install and activate arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1639?
CVE-2025-1639 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in crowdyTheme Animation Addons for Elementor Pro, published on 4 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Animation Addons for Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary plugin installation due to a missing capability check on the install_elementor_plugin_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to further infect a victim when Elementor is not activated on a vulnerable site.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1639?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Crowdytheme Arolax.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1639?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1639 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-1639 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1639 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rc5j-fwjg-46f4.