CVE-2025-30824
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was identified in Israpil Textmetrics plugin versions through 3.6.1. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on March 27, 2025, affecting the WordPress Textmetrics plugin. This security issue is tracked as CVE-2025-30824 and relates to broken access control mechanisms in the software (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization issue (CWE-862) that allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels. The CVSS v3.1 score is 5.4 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L. This indicates that the vulnerability requires low attack complexity and privileged access, with potential impacts on integrity and availability (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability represents a broken access control issue that could allow an unprivileged user to execute certain higher privileged actions. The impact is considered low severity, though it affects the security posture of the application by potentially allowing unauthorized access to protected functionality (Patchstack).

Exploitability

The vulnerability requires a Subscriber level privilege for exploitation. While the vulnerability has been publicly disclosed, it is considered unlikely to be exploited due to its low severity impact (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 3.6.2 of the Textmetrics plugin. Users are advised to update to version 3.6.2 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).

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