WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Watcher for Elementor <= 1.0.9 - Missing Authorization

Description

The Watcher for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.9. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
watcher-elementor
No known fix

References

CVE
CVE-2025-66156
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d6cef95b-3826-497c-8908-b5f24701d7e7

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
A5: Broken Access Control
CWE
CWE-862
CVSS
4.3 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Phat RiO - BlueRock
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
7393a75c-0709-4b43-b0bb-f53da6dbb05b

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-12-31 (about 3 months ago)
Added
2026-01-05 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-01-05 (about 2 months ago)

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