CVE-2025-8401

HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor <= 2.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Sensitive Information Exposure

2025-07-30 00:00
wesley (wcraft)

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 2.9.2
Affected Plugin
HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder
Affected Version
<= 2.9.1
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-8401
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At a glance

CVE-2025-8401 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization vulnerability in the HT Mega Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.9.1. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Author level or above. The issue is fixed in version 2.9.2; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2025, reported by wesley (wcraft).

Vulnerability Overview

The HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.1 via the 'get_post_data' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to extract sensitive data including the content of private, password-protected, and draft posts and pages.

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-285: Improper Authorization

HT Mega Addons for Elementor <= 2.9.1 carries this weakness at get_post_data, and reaching it takes an account at Author level or above. Improper authorization means a permission check exists but does not cover the case being exercised, so a caller who is allowed to do one thing is allowed to do a neighbouring thing as well.

A lower-privileged account performs an action reserved for a higher one, which on a multi-author or membership site means an ordinary user reaching administrative behaviour. For HT Mega Addons for Elementor the fix is 2.9.2: builds <= 2.9.1 are affected, anything from 2.9.2 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.9.2, 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: HT Mega Addons for Elementor 2.9.2 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8401https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9540b339-3386-4ee8-8141-acb9f3d83772https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8401

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