CVE-2025-8488 json
Ultimate Addons for Elementor (Formerly Elementor Header & Footer Builder) <= 2.4.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Settings Update
published 2025-08-02 15 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-23431
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- brainstormforce elementor_header_&_footer_builder 2.4.7
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 15 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- brainstormforce Ultimate Addons for Elementor
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4b847b5-9deb-41c4-b976-725249e0098e?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/2.4.6/admin/class-hfe-addons-actions.php#L494
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/2.4.7/admin/class-hfe-addons-actions.php#L525
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-8488
- NVD CVE-2025-8488
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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.