FKIE_CVE-2025-8488

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-08-02 10:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:07
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/2.4.6/admin/class-hfe-addons-actions.php#L494
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/2.4.7/admin/class-hfe-addons-actions.php#L525
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4b847b5-9deb-41c4-b976-725249e0098e?source=cve
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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          "vendor": "brainstormforce",
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-8488",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T10:07:04.570",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
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          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
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    },
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    },
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