Quick answers
- Is CVE-2025-66151 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-66151 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2025-66151?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.4, published 31 December 2025.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Merkulove Countdowner for Elementor through 1.0.4.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-66151?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2025-66151 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2025-66151?
- Check whether you run Merkulove Countdowner for Elementor at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability is a broken access control issue (CWE-639) in the Countdowner for Elementor WordPress plugin versions up to 1.0.4. The affected component fails to properly validate user permissions before allowing access to restricted pages or actions. An attacker with subscriber-level privileges can exploit this to bypass access controls and access content or perform actions intended only for higher-privilege users. The attack vector is network-based and requires authentication (subscriber account). No official patch is currently available as of the advisory date.
Affected products
- merkulove Countdowner for Elementor through 1.0.4
Timeline
- 2025-11-10: disclosed: Reported by Phat RiO
- 2025-12-31: advisory: Published by Patchstack