CVE-2025-67998
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication in the Miraculous Elementor WordPress plugin, potentially gaining unauthorized access to administrative functions. It affects all WordPress sites using the plugin version 2.0.7 or earlier.
💻 Affected Systems
- WordPress Miraculous Elementor 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 gain full administrative control over WordPress sites, allowing content manipulation, plugin/theme installation, user creation, and potential server compromise.
Likely Case
Attackers gain limited administrative access to modify content, inject malicious scripts, or access sensitive data.
If Mitigated
Attackers are blocked from authentication bypass attempts through proper security controls and monitoring.
🎯 Exploit Status
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities are frequently weaponized quickly due to their high impact and relative ease of exploitation.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: > 2.0.7
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find Miraculous Elementor
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. If no update appears, manually download latest version from WordPress repository
6. Deactivate and delete current version
7. Upload and activate new version
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Temporary Plugin Deactivation
allDisable the vulnerable plugin until patched
wp plugin deactivate miraculous-el
Access Restriction
linuxRestrict access to WordPress admin paths via web server configuration
# In .htaccess for Apache:
<Files "wp-login.php">
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from 192.168.1.0/24
</Files>
# In nginx config:
location /wp-admin {
allow 192.168.1.0/24;
deny all;
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately deactivate the Miraculous Elementor plugin
- Implement strict network access controls to WordPress admin interface from trusted IPs only
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for Miraculous Elementor versionCheck Version:
wp plugin get miraculous-el --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is > 2.0.7 in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual authentication attempts to wp-admin
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login from same IP
- Administrative actions from unexpected IP addresses
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to authentication endpoints with unusual parameters
- Traffic to /wp-admin from unexpected sources
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("miraculous-el" OR "authentication bypass")