CVE-2025-31611: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in the Auto Post After Image Upload WordPress plugin, affecting versions through 1.6. The vulnerability was reported on December 20, 2024, and publicly disclosed on March 31, 2025. This security issue allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium). The attack vector is network-based (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring low privileges (PR:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). The scope is unchanged (S:U) with low impact on integrity (I:L) and no impact on confidentiality (C:N) or availability (A:N) (Patchstack).

The vulnerability allows subscribers (low-privileged users) to execute certain higher-privileged actions due to missing authorization checks. The software is considered abandoned as it hasn't been updated for over a year, increasing the security risk for users (Patchstack).

No official fix is available for this vulnerability. Users are strongly advised to remove and replace the software with an alternative solution, as the plugin is considered abandoned and unlikely to receive further updates or security fixes (Patchstack).