CVE-2025-60167

4.3 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

This vulnerability in Page Manager for Elementor WordPress plugin exposes sensitive system information to unauthorized users. Attackers can retrieve embedded sensitive data from affected websites. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Page Manager for Elementor WordPress Plugin
Versions: All versions up to and including 2.0.5
Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Affects WordPress installations with the vulnerable plugin enabled. No special configuration required.

⚠️ 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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Recommended Actions:
  1. Review the CVE details at NVD
  2. Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
  3. Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
  4. Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution

⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Attackers obtain sensitive system information, configuration details, or credentials that could lead to further compromise of the WordPress site or server.

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Likely Case

Unauthorized users access internal system information, plugin configurations, or other sensitive data that should not be publicly accessible.

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If Mitigated

Limited exposure of non-critical system information with no direct path to full system compromise.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: LOW

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No
Weaponized: UNKNOWN
Unauthenticated Exploit: ✅ No
Complexity: MEDIUM

Exploitation requires understanding of the plugin's data structures and endpoints. No public exploit code available at this time.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Version 2.0.6 or later

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/page-manager-for-elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-page-manager-for-elementor-plugin-2-0-5-sensitive-data-exposure-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Page Manager for Elementor'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update appears, manually download version 2.0.6+ from WordPress repository.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Plugin

all

Temporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched

wp plugin deactivate page-manager-for-elementor

Restrict Access

all

Use web application firewall to block access to plugin endpoints

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Disable the Page Manager for Elementor plugin completely
  • Implement strict access controls and monitoring for suspicious requests to plugin endpoints

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Page Manager for Elementor version

Check Version:

wp plugin get page-manager-for-elementor --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify plugin version is 2.0.6 or higher in WordPress admin

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unusual requests to /wp-content/plugins/page-manager-for-elementor/ endpoints
  • Multiple failed attempts to access sensitive plugin endpoints

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests to plugin-specific endpoints from unauthorized IPs
  • Unusual data retrieval patterns from plugin API endpoints

SIEM Query:

source="web_server" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/page-manager-for-elementor/*" OR user_agent CONTAINS "scanner")

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