CVE-2025-23957
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Sur.ly WordPress plugin, versions up to and including 3.0.3, contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-23957. The vulnerability was discovered by researcher Mika and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025. This security issue affects the plugin's functionality by lacking proper authorization controls (WPScan, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (OWASP Top 10 A5) and is assigned CWE-862. It has received a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity). The security flaw stems from a missing capability check on a function, which affects the authorization mechanism of the plugin (WPScan, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to perform unauthorized actions within the WordPress installation. The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (WPScan, Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Given the low severity rating, virtual patching has been deemed unnecessary by security researchers (Patchstack).

Additional resources


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