CVE-2025-22534
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Slides & Presentations WordPress plugin contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-22534) discovered in versions up to and including 0.0.39. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on January 7, 2025, and was identified by security researcher Caesar Evan Santoso (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (OWASP Top 10 A5) with CWE-862. It has received a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium) according to WPScan, while Patchstack rates it at 5.4 (Low). The security flaw stems from a missing capability check on a function that should require higher privileges (WPScan, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to perform unauthorized actions within the WordPress installation. The specific impact is considered to have a low severity and is unlikely to be exploited according to security assessments (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. The issue affects all versions up to and including 0.0.39 of the Slides & Presentations plugin (WPScan, Patchstack).

Additional resources


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