CVE-2025-8488 Missing authorization in Ultimate Addons for Elementor
Authenticated subscribers can modify compatibility settings due to missing capability checks in the Ultimate Addons for 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-2025-8488?
CVE-2025-8488 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor, published on 2 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Ultimate Addons for Elementor (Formerly Elementor Header & Footer Builder) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the save_hfe_compatibility_option_callback ()function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the compatibility option setting.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8488?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8488?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8488 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-2025-8488 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8488 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wr6h-564j-w633.