Executive Summary

CVE-2025-66140 is a Broken Access Control vulnerability in the WordPress plugin "Uper for Elementor" (versions up to 1.0.5). It occurs due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in certain functions, which allows unprivileged users (like subscribers or developers) to perform actions that normally require higher privileges. [1]

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows users without proper privileges to perform restricted actions, potentially leading to unauthorized changes or access within the affected WordPress site. However, the severity is considered low (CVSS 5.4), and exploitation is unlikely, so the overall risk is minimal. [1]

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Detection Guidance

Detection involves checking for unauthorized access attempts or actions performed by low-privilege users on the Uper for Elementor plugin functions. Since the vulnerability arises from missing authorization checks, monitoring logs for unexpected privilege escalations or unusual API calls related to the plugin may help. Specific commands are not provided in the resources. [1]

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Mitigation Strategies

Immediate mitigation steps include restricting access to the Uper for Elementor plugin to trusted users only, monitoring for suspicious activity, and applying any available security controls such as limiting user roles. Since no official fix or patched version is currently available, consider disabling the plugin if possible or using Patchstack's mitigation and security intelligence services to help protect against exploitation. [1]

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Compliance Impact

The provided resources do not contain information regarding the impact of this vulnerability on compliance with common standards and regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA.

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