CVE-2025-1295
📋 TL;DR
The Templines Elementor Helper Core WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access to escalate privileges to Administrator when BuddyPress is also installed. This vulnerability affects all versions up to 2.7. Attackers can gain full administrative control over WordPress sites.
💻 Affected Systems
- Templines Elementor Helper Core WordPress plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover with administrative access, allowing data theft, malware installation, defacement, and backdoor persistence.
Likely Case
Attackers gain administrative privileges to modify content, install malicious plugins/themes, or steal sensitive data.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if proper access controls, monitoring, and least privilege principles are enforced.
🎯 Exploit Status
Requires authenticated access (Subscriber or higher) and BuddyPress presence.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 2.7
Vendor Advisory: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c5aa062-b9a2-4ddb-a5bf-4c8368218e85
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Update Templines Elementor Helper Core plugin to latest version (above 2.7). 2. Verify BuddyPress is updated if used. 3. Test site functionality after update.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable vulnerable plugin
allTemporarily deactivate Templines Elementor Helper Core plugin until patched.
Remove BuddyPress dependency
allDeactivate BuddyPress plugin if not required, breaking exploit chain.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Restrict user registration and review existing user roles for unauthorized admin privileges.
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block user meta update requests.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Templines Elementor Helper Core version. If version is 2.7 or lower and BuddyPress is active, site is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name='Templines Elementor Helper Core' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is above 2.7 and test user role escalation attempts fail.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual user role changes from Subscriber to Administrator
- Suspicious POST requests to youzify.php with user meta parameters
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/templines-helper-core/youzify/youzify.php with update_user_meta parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("update_user_meta" OR "youzify.php") AND ("administrator" OR "role")