CVE-2025-66148

5.4 MEDIUM

📋 TL;DR

This CVE describes a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Conformer for Elementor WordPress plugin that allows attackers to bypass intended access controls. Attackers could exploit incorrectly configured security levels to perform unauthorized actions. All WordPress sites using affected versions of this plugin are vulnerable.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:
  • Conformer for Elementor WordPress Plugin
Versions: All versions up to and including 1.0.7
Operating Systems: Any OS running WordPress
Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes
Notes: Requires WordPress with Elementor and the Conformer plugin installed. All default configurations are vulnerable.

⚠️ 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 could modify plugin settings, potentially altering form behavior, injecting malicious content, or accessing restricted functionality.

🟠

Likely Case

Unauthorized users could change form configurations, alter submission handling, or access administrative features they shouldn't have permission to use.

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If Mitigated

With proper access controls and authentication checks, impact would be limited to authorized users only.

🌐 Internet-Facing: HIGH
🏢 Internal Only: MEDIUM

🎯 Exploit Status

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

Exploitation requires some level of access but bypasses authorization checks. No public exploit code is currently available.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: Version after 1.0.7

Vendor Advisory: https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/conformer-elementor/vulnerability/wordpress-conformer-for-elementor-plugin-1-0-7-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Restart Required: No

Instructions:

1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins. 3. Find 'Conformer 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

all

Temporarily disable the vulnerable plugin until patched

wp plugin deactivate conformer-elementor

Restrict Access

linux

Implement IP-based restrictions to WordPress admin area

# Add to .htaccess for Apache:
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
# Add to nginx config:
location /wp-admin/ {
    allow 192.168.1.0/24;
    deny all;
}

🧯 If You Can't Patch

  • Remove the Conformer for Elementor plugin completely and use alternative form solutions
  • Implement strict network segmentation and firewall rules to limit access to WordPress admin interface

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Conformer for Elementor' version 1.0.7 or earlier

Check Version:

wp plugin get conformer-elementor --field=version

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify plugin version is higher than 1.0.7 in WordPress admin panel

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

  • Unauthorized access attempts to plugin-specific admin endpoints
  • Unexpected modifications to Conformer plugin settings

Network Indicators:

  • HTTP requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with conformance-related actions from unauthorized IPs

SIEM Query:

source="wordpress.log" AND ("conformer" OR "conformance") AND ("admin" OR "ajax") AND status=200 AND user_role!="administrator"

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