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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-47688
CVE-2025-47688:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-47688) was discovered in Saad Iqbal Advanced File Manager plugin affecting versions through 5.3.1. The vulnerability allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels in the WordPress plugin (NVD, Wiz).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium). The vulnerability stems from missing authorization, authentication or nonce token checks in certain functions, potentially allowing unprivileged users to execute higher privileged actions (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited. It affects access control mechanisms in the WordPress plugin, potentially allowing unauthorized access to certain functionality (Wiz).
Mitigation and workarounds
Users are advised to update to version 5.3.2 or later to remove the vulnerability. Given the low severity impact, virtual patching has been deemed unnecessary by security researchers (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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