CVE-2025-1639 (GCVE-0-2025-1639)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-04 03:38
Modified
2025-03-04 15:34
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
crowdyTheme Animation Addons for Elementor Pro Version: *   ≤ 1.6
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