CVE-2025-6253 (GCVE-0-2025-6253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-12 05:27 – Updated: 2025-08-12 13:54
VLAI?
Title
UiCore Elements <= 1.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
Summary
The UiCore Elements – Free Elementor widgets and templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 via the prepare_template() function due to a missing capability check and insufficient controls on the filename specified. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
uicore UiCore Elements – Free Elementor widgets and templates Affected: * , ≤ 1.3.0 (semver)
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Credits
Michael Mazzolini
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