CVE-2025-53348
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-53348) was discovered in Laborator Kalium, affecting versions through 3.18.3. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 9, 2025, and involves broken access control issues that could potentially impact system security (Patchstack, AttackerKB).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium severity). The attack vector is Network-based (AV:N), with Low attack complexity (AC:L), requiring No privileges (PR:N) and No user interaction (UI:N). The scope is Unchanged (S:U), with No impact on confidentiality (C:N), Low impact on integrity (I:L), and No impact on availability (A:N) (AttackerKB).

Impact

The vulnerability represents a broken access control issue that could allow an unprivileged user to execute certain higher privileged actions. This security issue has been classified as having a low severity impact, though it remains a concern for system integrity (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the disclosure date, no official fix has been made available for this vulnerability. The issue affects Kalium versions up to and including 3.18.3 (Patchstack).

Additional resources


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