CVE-2025-67588: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-67588 is a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Elementor Website Builder WordPress plugin that allows authenticated attackers with low privileges to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. It affects all versions of the Elementor Website Builder plugin up to and including 3.33.0. The vulnerability was published on December 9, 2025, and was assigned by Patchstack. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) (Feedly, Patchstack).

The root cause is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), meaning the plugin fails to properly verify that a requesting user has the necessary permissions before performing certain privileged actions. The attack vector is network-based, requires low privileges (authenticated user), and has low attack complexity with no user interaction needed. This type of broken access control flaw typically arises when REST API endpoints or AJAX handlers in WordPress plugins do not enforce capability checks, allowing lower-privileged users (e.g., subscribers or contributors) to access functionality intended for administrators or editors (Feedly, Patchstack).

Successful exploitation results in a limited confidentiality impact, allowing authenticated low-privileged users to access data or functionality they should not be authorized to reach. Integrity and availability are not directly impacted according to the CVSS scoring. While the individual impact is moderate, on high-traffic or multi-tenant WordPress installations, unauthorized information disclosure could expose sensitive site configuration or user data to malicious authenticated users (Feedly).

No public proof-of-concept exploit code or evidence of active in-the-wild exploitation has been reported as of the time of disclosure. The EPSS score is approximately 0.032%, indicating a low probability of exploitation in the near term. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Exploitation requires at minimum a low-privileged authenticated account on the target WordPress site (Feedly).

1. Reconnaissance: Identify WordPress sites running Elementor Website Builder version 3.33.0 or earlier using tools like WPScan or by inspecting plugin metadata in publicly accessible readme.txt files.
2. Obtain low-privileged access: Register or obtain credentials for a low-privileged account on the target site (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).
3. Identify unprotected endpoints: Enumerate REST API routes or AJAX actions registered by the Elementor plugin that lack proper capability checks, using tools like WPScan or manual inspection of plugin source code.
4. Send unauthorized request: Craft and send an authenticated HTTP request (with valid nonce/cookie) to the identified endpoint that should be restricted to higher-privileged users.
5. Access restricted data or functionality: Receive a response containing information or triggering actions that should be inaccessible to the attacker's privilege level, achieving unauthorized information disclosure (Feedly).

• Logs: WordPress access logs showing authenticated low-privileged users (subscriber/contributor roles) making repeated requests to Elementor-specific REST API endpoints (e.g., /wp-json/elementor/) or admin-ajax.php with Elementor actions outside normal usage patterns.
• Logs: Unexpected access to Elementor administrative AJAX actions from non-administrator user accounts in server access logs.
• Network: Unusual frequency of authenticated API calls to Elementor endpoints from a single low-privileged user account in a short time window.

Users should update the Elementor Website Builder plugin to a version beyond 3.33.0 that includes the authorization fix. As a temporary workaround, site administrators can restrict user registration or limit the number of low-privileged accounts on the site to reduce the attack surface. Monitoring WordPress user activity logs for anomalous access patterns to Elementor endpoints is also recommended until patching is complete (Feedly, Patchstack).

The vulnerability was reported by Patchstack, a WordPress security platform, and was included in Wordfence's weekly WordPress vulnerability report for the period of November 24–30, 2025. No significant broader media coverage or notable researcher commentary beyond standard vulnerability disclosure channels has been identified (Wordfence Blog).