CVE-2025-53230: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-53230) was discovered in honzat Page Manager for Elementor plugin versions through 2.0.5. The vulnerability was disclosed on August 28, 2025, and allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels. The issue affects WordPress installations using the Page Manager for Elementor plugin (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.6 (High). The attack vector is Network-based (AV:N), requires Low attack complexity (AC:L), Low privileges (PR:L), and No user interaction (UI:N). The scope is Unchanged (S:U) with Low impact on Confidentiality (C:L) and Integrity (I:L), but High impact on Availability (A:H). The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) (Patchstack).

The broken access control vulnerability allows unprivileged users to execute higher privileged actions. The vulnerability has been rated as highly dangerous and is expected to become mass exploited. The software is considered abandoned as it hasn't been updated in over a year, increasing the risk for users (Patchstack).

No official fix is currently available for this vulnerability. Users are advised to either implement virtual patching through Patchstack to mitigate attacks or completely remove and replace the software with an alternative solution. Deactivating the software alone does not remove the security threat unless a virtual patch is deployed (Patchstack).