CVE-2025-66116
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability in Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor WordPress plugin allows attackers to retrieve embedded sensitive data from the plugin's widgets. It affects WordPress sites using this plugin version 2.3 or earlier. Attackers can potentially access user information or other sensitive data exposed through the plugin's widgets.
💻 Affected Systems
- Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor 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
Attackers could extract sensitive user data (potentially including personal information, email addresses, or other private data) from WordPress sites, leading to data breaches and privacy violations.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to user profile information or other data exposed through the plugin's widgets, potentially enabling further attacks or information gathering.
If Mitigated
Limited exposure of non-critical data or successful blocking of exploitation attempts through security controls.
🎯 Exploit Status
Based on CWE-201 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data), exploitation likely involves accessing specific endpoints or widget outputs that expose sensitive information.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 2.3
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor'. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available. 5. If no update appears, manually download latest version from WordPress repository and replace plugin files.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate ultimate-member-widgets-for-elementor
Restrict Access
allUse web application firewall to block access to plugin-specific endpoints
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove or disable the Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor plugin completely
- Implement strict access controls and monitoring for any data exposure from the plugin
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor' version 2.3 or lowerCheck Version:
wp plugin get ultimate-member-widgets-for-elementor --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is higher than 2.3 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual access patterns to plugin-specific endpoints
- Multiple requests to widget-related URLs from single IPs
- Access to sensitive data endpoints without authentication
Network Indicators:
- Traffic to /wp-content/plugins/ultimate-member-widgets-for-elementor/ endpoints with suspicious parameters
- Data extraction patterns from widget endpoints
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress" AND (uri_path="/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-member-widgets-for-elementor/" OR plugin_name="ultimate-member-widgets-for-elementor") AND status=200