CVE-2025-53230
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in honzat Page Manager for Elementor page-manager-for-elementor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Page Manager for Elementor: from n/a through <= 2.0.5.
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 confidenceThis is a missing authorization vulnerability in the Page Manager for Elementor WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly enforce access control checks, allowing users (likely with lower privilege levels) to access administrative functions or perform actions beyond their authorized scope. This is a classic broken access control (OWASP Top 10) issue where security levels are incorrectly configured.
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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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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 if Page Manager for Elementor is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Page Manager for Elementor' or check the plugin files in wp-content/plugins/ for a directory named similarly to 'page-manager-elementor' or containing 'elementor' and 'page manager'Affected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Identify the installed version of the pluginIn the WordPress plugin list, click on the plugin to view details and note the version number, or read the main plugin PHP file header for the 'Version' fieldAffected if The installed version is older than the latest patched version available from the WordPress plugin repository
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Confirm WordPress user registration is enabledGo to WordPress Settings > General and check if 'Membership' -> 'Anyone can register' is enabled; also check if the default new user role is set to a low-privilege role like Subscriber or ContributorAffected if User registration is enabled and the site has users with roles below Administrator
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Inspect the plugin for missing capability checksReview the plugin PHP files, specifically looking at functions that handle admin actions, save operations, or page management. Search for 'current_user_can' or 'capability' calls and verify all sensitive functions have proper checksAffected if The plugin code lacks proper current_user_can() checks before performing administrative or sensitive operations, indicating the authorization vulnerability exists
A user is affected if the Page Manager for Elementor plugin is installed, contains the authorization flaw (verified by missing capability checks), and the WordPress site has lower-privileged users who could potentially exploit the broken access control.
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 the latest version of Page Manager for Elementor if a patch is available. Otherwise, review and implement proper capability checks and role-based access controls throughout the plugin's functions, ensuring all sensitive operations verify user permissions before execution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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