CVE-2025-66138
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 merkulove Motionger for Elementor motionger-elementor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Motionger for Elementor: from n/a through <= 2.0.4.
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 confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in Motionger for Elementor plugin allows low-privilege users to access functionality intended for higher-privileged users due to incorrectly configured access control checks. The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before executing certain actions.
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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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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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Confirm Motionger for Elementor plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and search for 'Motionger for Elementor', or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a motionger-for-elementor folderAffected if The plugin is installed and active
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Identify installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin Plugins list, click on the plugin name to view details, or inspect the plugin's main PHP file header for 'Version:' fieldAffected if Version cannot be determined or is prior to any patched release (no specific version range provided in CVE)
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Check for publicly accessible AJAX actionsScan plugin directory for AJAX handlers (wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks) and verify if any sensitive functions lack current_user_can() or nonce verification checksAffected if AJAX endpoints exist that do not validate user capabilities before executing sensitive operations
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Test low-privilege user access to admin functionsUsing a low-privilege user account (subscriber/contributor), attempt to access or trigger plugin admin actions or AJAX endpoints that should require administrator privilegesAffected if Low-privilege users can successfully execute actions intended only for administrators
You are affected if Motionger for Elementor plugin is installed and low-privilege users can access functionality that requires administrator-level capabilities without proper authorization checks.
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 dataImplement proper capability checks (like current_user_can()) and/or nonce verification on all sensitive functions and AJAX endpoints within the plugin to ensure users have appropriate permissions before accessing protected functionality.
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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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