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CVE-2025-1295: Templines Elementor Helper Core <= 2.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Templines Elementor Helper Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.7. This is due to allowing arbitrary user meta updates. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update their role to Administrator. The vulnerability can only be exploited when the BuddyPress plugin is also installed and activated.

Affected products

• Templines Elementor Helper Core: through 2.7

References

• http://localhost:1337/wp-content/plugins/templines-helper-core/youzify/youzify.php#L3082
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c5aa062-b9a2-4ddb-a5bf-4c8368218e85?source=cve

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