CVE-2025-8401 HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor <= 2.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Sensitive Information Exposure

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers with Author access can extract sensitive content from private, password-protected, and draft posts in the HT Mega Elementor plugin.

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-2025-8401?

CVE-2025-8401 is a medium-severity vulnerability in devitemsllc HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder, published on 31 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.1 via the 'get_post_data' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the content of private, password-protected, and draft posts and pages.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8401?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hasthemes Ht Mega.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8401?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8401 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-8401 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8401 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hj8g-xpg4-m3gq.

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