CVE-2025-66151
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 Countdowner for Elementor countdowner-elementor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Countdowner for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.
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 confidenceThe Countdowner for Elementor WordPress plugin has a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) that allows authenticated users to access functionality they shouldn't be able to reach due to improperly configured access control. This is a broken access control issue where the plugin fails to verify user permissions 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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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 Countdowner for Elementor is installedCheck your WordPress plugins directory for the 'countdowner-for-elementor' folder, or view the installed plugins list in wp-admin/plugins.phpAffected if The plugin folder 'countdowner-for-elementor' exists in wp-content/plugins/ or the plugin appears in the WordPress admin plugins list
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Confirm the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and verify Countdowner for Elementor shows as 'Active'Affected if The plugin is activated on the WordPress site
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Check the installed versionOpen the main plugin file (countdowner-for-elementor.php) in the plugin directory and locate the version header comment, or check the plugin row in wp-admin/plugins.php for the version numberAffected if You cannot determine the version, or the version is older than the latest patched version (the vulnerability exists in unpatched versions)
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Test for broken access controlUsing a low-privilege user account (subscriber or contributor), attempt to access the plugin's admin settings page or trigger any admin-level actions (such as saving countdown settings, exporting data, or accessing plugin-specific AJAX endpoints)Affected if A user without Administrator role can access plugin admin functions that should require elevated permissions
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Review plugin code for capability checksExamine the main plugin PHP file for proper use of current_user_can() or capability checks before executing admin actions; check AJAX handlers and form processing functions for authorization validationAffected if The plugin code lacks current_user_can() checks or other authorization mechanisms before performing privileged operations
Your environment is affected if the Countdowner for Elementor plugin is active and low-privilege authenticated users can access admin functions or settings that should be restricted to administrators.
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 Countdowner for Elementor to the latest version once available, or implement proper capability checks and nonce verification on all admin-facing functions in the plugin.
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- Implementation3.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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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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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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