CVE-2025-8068

HT Mega – Absolute Addons For Elementor <= 2.9.1 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Limited Administrator Actions

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-863 · Incorrect Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-8068
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At a glance

CVE-2025-8068 is a medium-severity Incorrect 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 Contributor 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 unauthorized modification and loss of data due to an improper capability check on the 'ajax_trash_templates' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary attachment files, and move arbitrary posts, pages, and templates to the Trash.

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-863: Incorrect Authorization

HT Mega Addons for Elementor <= 2.9.1 carries this weakness at ajax_trash_templates, and reaching it takes an account at Contributor level or above. Incorrect authorization means a permission check exists but evaluates the wrong thing, so it passes for callers it was meant to stop.

The action runs for users the code intended to exclude, with the same effect as having no check at all. 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-2025-8068https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9cf6dae-572f-4eaa-8e8a-bca9e74fe738https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8068

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