CVE-2025-22302
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 WP Grids WP Wand ai-content-generation allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Wand: from n/a through <= 1.2.5.
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 WP Wand plugin for WordPress allows attackers to bypass access control checks due to incorrectly configured security levels. The plugin fails to properly validate user permissions before allowing access to AI content generation functionality, potentially allowing unauthenticated or low-privilege users to access features they should not have.
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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
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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Locate installed WP Wand plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > WP Wand and note the version number displayed, or check the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/wp-wand/wp-wand.php for 'Version:' valueAffected if The installed version is older than the version that includes the authorization fix (verify against the vendor's release notes for when the fix was deployed)
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Identify user roles with access to AI generation featuresIn WordPress admin, go to WP Wand settings or check the plugin capability configuration. Review which user roles (Administrator, Editor, Author, Subscriber, etc.) are permitted to use AI content generation functionsAffected if Low-privilege roles like Subscriber or Contributor, or unauthenticated users, are granted access to AI generation functionality when they should not be
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Test unauthenticated access to plugin endpointsUse a tool like curl or Burp Suite to send a request to WP Wand AI generation AJAX endpoints (typically /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wand_generate or similar) without providing authentication cookies or credentialsAffected if The plugin returns successful AI-generated content or allows the action to proceed without requiring login or validating user capabilities
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Verify capability checks in plugin codeInspect the main plugin PHP files for proper current_user_can() or capability checks before executing AI generation functions. Look for calls like current_user_can('edit_posts') or higher-privilege capabilitiesAffected if The code lacks capability checks, or checks for insufficient/low-level capabilities before allowing access to sensitive AI generation functions
Your environment is affected if the WP Wand plugin version predates the authorization fix and low-privilege or unauthenticated users can access AI content generation features without proper permission validation.
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 dataUpdate WP Wand plugin to the latest version which includes proper authorization checks, or implement role-based access control (RBAC) checks before executing sensitive AI content generation functions.
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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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