CVE-2023-25959: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in Apollo13Themes Apollo13 Framework Extensions WordPress plugin, tracked as CVE-2023-25959. The vulnerability affects versions through 1.8.10 and allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels. The issue was discovered and reported on January 5, 2023, by István Márton and was publicly disclosed on February 24, 2023 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.4 (Medium). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, indicating that it requires network access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed. The impact primarily affects integrity and availability at a low level (Patchstack).

The vulnerability allows unprivileged users to execute certain higher privileged actions due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks. The severity is considered low, with limited impact on integrity and availability of the affected system (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.9.0 of the Apollo13 Framework Extensions plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.9.0 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).