CVE-2025-49920
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-49920) was discovered in accessiBe Web Accessibility Plugin version 2.10 and earlier. The vulnerability was disclosed on October 22, 2025, and allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.4 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N. This indicates that the vulnerability requires network access and low privileges to exploit, with no user interaction needed (NVD).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially lead to unauthorized access and manipulation of access control security levels in the accessiBe Web Accessibility plugin. The CVSS scoring indicates potential impacts on both confidentiality and integrity, though at a low level (NVD).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should update the accessiBe Web Accessibility plugin to a version newer than 2.10 when available. The vulnerability affects versions through 2.10 (NVD).

Additional resources


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