CVE-2025-32240
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in the WordPress Site Notify plugin (versions <= 1.0). The vulnerability was identified on March 28, 2025, by researcher Vo Thi Ngoc Nhi and was assigned CVE-2025-32240. The vulnerability allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unprivileged users to execute higher privileged actions (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (Medium). The CVSS vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L, indicating that the vulnerability can be exploited over the network, requires low attack complexity, and needs no privileges or user interaction (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow unauthorized users to perform actions with elevated privileges. The impact primarily affects the integrity and availability of the system, as indicated by the CVSS metrics showing low impacts on both integrity (I:L) and availability (A:L), while there is no impact on confidentiality (C:N) (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. However, Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate the issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available. Website administrators are advised to implement the virtual patch immediately (Patchstack).

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