CVE-2025-6253 (GCVE-0-2025-6253)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-12 05:27
Modified
2026-04-08 17:21
CWE
Summary
The UiCore Elements – Free Elementor widgets and templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.0 via the prepare_template() function due to a missing capability check and insufficient controls on the filename specified. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
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