CVE-2025-1295
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Templines Elementor Helper Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.7. This is due to allowing arbitrary user meta updates. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update their role to Administrator. The vulnerability can only be exploited when the BuddyPress plugin is also installed and activated.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Templines Elementor Helper Core WordPress plugin versions up to 2.7 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access to update arbitrary user meta fields, enabling them to modify their role to Administrator. The vulnerability is exploitable only when BuddyPress is also installed and activated, likely due to unsafe use of BuddyPress-related hooks or functions that permit unintended user meta manipulation.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Templines Elementor Helper Core is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Templines Elementor Helper Core' or check the plugin files in wp-content/plugins/ for the plugin folderAffected if The plugin is present on the WordPress site
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Check the installed plugin versionIn Plugins list, find the plugin and note the version number displayed, or open the main plugin PHP file and look for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment blockAffected if The version is 2.7 or lower (versions up to and including 2.7 are affected)
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Confirm BuddyPress is activeIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify if BuddyPress is installed and activated, or check wp-active-plugins option in databaseAffected if BuddyPress is installed and activated (required for exploitation)
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Check if user registration is enabledIn WordPress admin, go to Settings > General and check 'Membership: Anyone can register' setting, or check the users_can_register option in wp_options tableAffected if User registration is enabled with Subscriber as default role, allowing potential attackers to obtain low-privileged accounts
A site is affected if Templines Elementor Helper Core version 2.7 or lower is installed alongside an active BuddyPress installation and user registration is open to Subscriber-level accounts.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to version 2.8 or later if available. Until a patch is released, consider disabling the plugin, removing BuddyPress if not essential, or restricting user registration to prevent exploitation by low-privileged accounts.
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