CVE-2025-24725 Overview
CVE-2025-24725 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the ThimPress Thim Elementor Kit WordPress plugin. The flaw affects all versions up to and including 1.2.8. It stems from incorrectly configured access control checks on plugin functionality, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to access resources that should require elevated permissions. The vulnerability is tracked under CWE-862: Missing Authorization and was published to the National Vulnerability Database on January 24, 2025.
Critical Impact
Authenticated users with minimal privileges can bypass intended access controls on the Thim Elementor Kit plugin, exposing restricted plugin functionality to unauthorized actors on WordPress sites.
Affected Products
- ThimPress Thim Elementor Kit plugin for WordPress
- All versions from n/a through 1.2.8
- WordPress sites using the thim-elementor-kit plugin
Discovery Timeline
- 2025-01-24 - CVE CVE-2025-24725 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2025-24725
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability is a broken access control issue in the Thim Elementor Kit WordPress plugin. One or more plugin endpoints fail to enforce proper capability or role checks before executing privileged actions. An authenticated attacker with low privileges, such as a Subscriber role account, can invoke these endpoints and access functionality that should be restricted to administrators or editors.
The attack requires network access and valid low-level credentials. No user interaction is required to trigger the flaw. The impact is limited to confidentiality, exposing information through plugin functionality that should be gated behind stronger authorization checks.
Root Cause
The root cause is a failure to apply authorization checks on plugin actions, mapped to CWE-862: Missing Authorization. The plugin registers handlers that execute without validating the caller's capabilities through WordPress functions such as current_user_can(). As a result, any authenticated session can invoke the exposed functionality regardless of role.
Attack Vector
An attacker needs a valid low-privilege WordPress account on a site running Thim Elementor Kit 1.2.8 or earlier. The attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to the affected plugin endpoints over the network. Because the handlers skip authorization checks, the requests execute successfully and return data or trigger actions the user should not be able to reach. For technical details, see the Patchstack Plugin Vulnerability Report.
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Stop Identity AttacksDetection Methods for CVE-2025-24725
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected HTTP requests from low-privilege user sessions targeting admin-ajax.php or REST routes exposed by the thim-elementor-kit plugin.
- Access log entries showing Subscriber or Contributor accounts invoking plugin actions normally reserved for administrators.
- Creation or modification of Elementor templates, widgets, or plugin settings by non-administrator accounts.
Detection Strategies
- Audit WordPress access logs for anomalous requests to plugin endpoints correlated with low-privilege authenticated sessions.
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall rule to flag plugin endpoint calls lacking expected administrator capability context.
- Review the plugin version installed across all WordPress properties and flag any instance at or below 1.2.8.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Enable WordPress audit logging to capture user role, endpoint, and parameters for every plugin action.
- Alert on new or modified Elementor assets attributed to non-administrator user IDs.
- Monitor outbound requests and content changes following any Subscriber-level account login.
How to Mitigate CVE-2025-24725
Immediate Actions Required
- Identify all WordPress sites running Thim Elementor Kit 1.2.8 or earlier and prioritize them for patching.
- Review existing user accounts and remove or lock any unused low-privilege accounts that could be abused.
- Enforce strong password and multi-factor authentication requirements for all WordPress user roles.
Patch Information
Update the Thim Elementor Kit plugin to a version later than 1.2.8 once the vendor releases a fixed release. Refer to the Patchstack advisory for the current fixed version and vendor guidance before applying the update in production.
Workarounds
- Deactivate the Thim Elementor Kit plugin until a patched version can be installed.
- Restrict access to WordPress wp-admin and REST endpoints by IP allowlist where feasible.
- Deploy virtual patching through a Web Application Firewall to block unauthorized calls to the vulnerable plugin endpoints.
# Configuration example
# Example WAF rule concept to block low-privilege access to plugin endpoints
# (adapt to your WAF syntax)
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains thim-elementor-kit" \
"id:1024725,phase:2,deny,status:403,\
msg:'Block CVE-2025-24725 - Thim Elementor Kit missing authorization'"
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