CVE-2025-67588: Elementor Website Builder Auth Bypass Flaw

CVE-2025-67588 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in Elementor Website Builder affecting versions up to 3.33.0. This missing authorization flaw allows attackers to exploit misconfigured access controls. This article covers technical details, affected versions, security impact, and mitigation strategies.

CVE-2025-67588 Overview

CVE-2025-67588 is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress. The flaw affects all versions up to and including 3.33.0. Attackers with low-privileged authenticated access can exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels to perform actions outside their permission scope. The issue is tracked as CWE-862: Missing Authorization and impacts integrity of the affected WordPress site.

Critical Impact
Authenticated users with minimal privileges can bypass access control checks in the Elementor plugin, enabling unauthorized modifications to site content or configuration.

Affected Products

Elementor Website Builder plugin for WordPress, versions through 3.33.0
WordPress sites running vulnerable Elementor installations
Multisite WordPress deployments using the affected plugin

Discovery Timeline

2025-12-09 - CVE-2025-67588 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2025-67588

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability stems from missing authorization checks within the Elementor Website Builder plugin. The plugin exposes functionality that fails to verify whether the requesting user holds the correct capability or role before executing sensitive operations. Attackers require valid authenticated sessions but only need low-level privileges such as Subscriber or Contributor to reach the vulnerable code path.

Exploitation impacts the integrity of the WordPress installation. Confidentiality and availability remain unaffected based on the published CVSS vector. User interaction is not required, and the attack originates from the network over standard HTTP or HTTPS requests to the WordPress site.

Root Cause

The root cause is an incorrectly configured access control security level within one or more Elementor plugin endpoints. The affected code path omits a current_user_can() capability check or applies an incorrect capability constant. This design flaw allows lower-privileged roles to invoke functions intended for administrators or editors, violating the WordPress role and capability model.

Attack Vector

An authenticated attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to a vulnerable Elementor endpoint. Because the endpoint does not validate the caller's role, the plugin processes the request and applies changes reserved for privileged users. Refer to the Patchstack advisory for endpoint-level technical details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2025-67588

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected changes to Elementor templates, pages, or global settings performed by non-administrator accounts
WordPress audit log entries showing low-privileged users invoking Elementor admin-ajax actions
New or modified Elementor content authored by Subscriber or Contributor accounts

Detection Strategies

Monitor WordPress access logs for POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php and Elementor REST routes originating from low-privileged accounts
Compare user role assignments against actions logged in the WordPress audit trail
Review Elementor plugin version reported by WordPress site health against the fixed release

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable a WordPress activity log plugin that captures user role, action, and target object for all Elementor operations
Forward WordPress and web server logs to a centralized SIEM for correlation across sites
Alert on anomalous privilege usage patterns where non-editor accounts trigger Elementor content changes

How to Mitigate CVE-2025-67588

Immediate Actions Required

Update the Elementor Website Builder plugin to a version later than 3.33.0 once available from the vendor
Audit existing WordPress user accounts and remove unused low-privileged accounts
Review recent Elementor content changes for unauthorized modifications by non-administrator users

Patch Information

Refer to the Patchstack advisory for CVE-2025-67588 for the fixed version and vendor patch guidance. Apply the update through the WordPress plugin manager or WP-CLI once the vendor publishes the corrected release.

Workarounds

Restrict user registration on the affected WordPress site until the patch is applied
Deploy a web application firewall rule to block requests to vulnerable Elementor endpoints from non-administrator sessions
Temporarily disable the Elementor plugin on high-value sites if immediate patching is not possible

bash

# Update Elementor via WP-CLI once a fixed version is published
wp plugin update elementor
wp plugin get elementor --field=version