CVE-2023-25469
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Magazine3 Easy Table of Contents allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Easy Table of Contents: from n/a through 2.0.45.2.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in Magazine3 Easy Table of Contents WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or low-privileged users to access functionality that should require higher privileges. This is a Broken Access Control (BA) vulnerability where the plugin fails to properly verify user permissions before executing sensitive operations.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Easy Table of Contents plugin installationIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins and confirm the 'Easy Table of Contents' plugin by Magazine3 is installed and activeAffected if Plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Check installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on 'Easy Table of Contents' to view the version number. Compare this against version 2.0.45.3Affected if Installed version is lower than 2.0.45.3
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Inspect plugin for accessible admin functionsReview the plugin settings and functionality to identify any sensitive operations (such as settings modifications, data export, or configuration changes) that may be accessible to unauthenticated or low-privileged usersAffected if Any admin functionality is accessible without proper capability verification
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Test access control on plugin featuresUsing a low-privileged user account (subscriber level) or unauthenticated session, attempt to access plugin-related URLs or AJAX endpoints to verify if authorization is enforcedAffected if Low-privileged or unauthenticated users can access plugin functions that should require administrator privileges
The environment is affected if the plugin is installed with a version below 2.0.45.3 and lacks proper authorization controls on sensitive functions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks (capability verification and nonce validation) on all admin-facing and user-facing functions. Update to version 2.0.45.3 or later which contains the security fix.
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- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-25469 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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