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CVE-2025-6253: UiCore Elements <= 1.3.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

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.

Affected products

• UiCore Elements – Free widgets and templates for Elementor: through 1.3.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3314574/uicore-elements#file3
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c7cd6e44-bd78-4eb8-bab8-09e2af583222?source=cve

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