CVE-2025-58681: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The Easy Quotes WordPress plugin, developed by Jürgen Müller, contains a Missing Authorization vulnerability (CVE-2025-58681) discovered in versions up to and including 1.2.4. The vulnerability was initially reported on August 17, 2025, and publicly disclosed on September 22, 2025. This security issue involves broken access control that allows unauthorized access due to incorrectly configured access control security levels (Patchstack, Rapid7).

The vulnerability is classified as a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) issue, stemming from a missing capability check on certain functions within the plugin. The severity has been assessed with multiple CVSS scores: Patchstack rates it as Medium with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.3 (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity and no privileges required (Patchstack).

The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to perform unauthorized actions within the WordPress installation. The specific impact involves potential information disclosure and privilege escalation, though the overall severity is considered low to medium (Rapid7, Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.2.5 of the Easy Quotes plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remediate the security issue. For users unable to update immediately, no specific workarounds have been provided, though Patchstack users can enable auto-updates for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).