CVE-2025-12778 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-12778: Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor <= 2.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure

Vendor Userelements
Product Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor – WordPress User Directory
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published November 20, 2025
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor – WordPress User Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the handle_filter_users function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract partial metadata of all WordPress users, including their first name, last name and email addresses.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

The Ultimate Member Widgets for Elementor plugin for WordPress does not properly check user permissions before allowing access to certain functionality. An unauthenticated attacker can read limited information without authorization. Update to a version newer than 2.3 to resolve this issue.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read limited non-public information without logging in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Unauthorized visitors can access sensitive data that should be restricted to logged-in users.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

No authentication or user interaction required; attacker needs only network access.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

November 20, 2025 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated