CVE-2025-67540

Animation Addons for Elementor <= 2.4.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Content Deletion

2025-12-15 00:00
Denver Jackson

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.4.6
Affected Plugin
Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Motion Elementor Addons & Website Templates
Affected Version
<= 2.4.5
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-67540
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At a glance

CVE-2025-67540 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Animation Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.4.5. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Contributor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.4.6; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2025, reported by Denver Jackson.

Vulnerability Overview

The Animation Addons for Elementor – GSAP Powered Elementor Addons & Website Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary content.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Animation Addons for Elementor <= 2.4.5 takes an account at Contributor level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Animation Addons for Elementor the fix is 2.4.6: builds <= 2.4.5 are affected, anything from 2.4.6 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.4.6, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Animation Addons for Elementor 2.4.6 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67540https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bcde21fd-8a2b-482d-91a0-7c8578055b61https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67540

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