CVE-2025-66156 (GCVE-0-2025-66156)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-31 16:59 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:14
VLAI
Title
WordPress Watcher for Elementor plugin <= 1.0.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Summary
Missing Authorization vulnerability in merkulove Watcher for Elementor watcher-elementor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Watcher for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.0.9.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-31 17:32 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
merkulove Watcher for Elementor Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.9 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-01 16:43
Credits
Phat RiO | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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