Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 2, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2025-8488
CVE-2025-8488
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=2.4.6
- Range: <=2.4.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/2.4.6/admin/class-hfe-addons-actions.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/header-footer-elementor/tags/2.4.7/admin/class-hfe-addons-actions.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4b847b5-9deb-41c4-b976-725249e0098envd
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