CVE-2025-23529
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 blokhauswp Minterpress minterpress allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Minterpress: from n/a through <= 1.0.5.
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 the Minterpress WordPress plugin allows users to access functionality that should be restricted by access control lists. An attacker with low privileges or no authentication can invoke administrative functions that lack proper capability checks.
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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
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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Check if Minterpress plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'minterpress' or similarAffected if The Minterpress plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify installed Minterpress versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, find Minterpress and read the version number from the plugin description; alternatively, check the main plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/minterpress/ for the 'Version' tagAffected if Version cannot be determined or is older than the patched version (verify against vendor release notes)
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Test for unauthorized access to admin functionsWith a low-privilege user (subscriber level) or logged out, attempt to access direct URLs to plugin admin pages (e.g., /wp-admin/admin.php?page=minterpress*), or use a tool like Burp to intercept and replay requests to plugin AJAX endpointsAffected if Requests succeed without proper capability checks and return admin-level data or actions execute
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Inspect plugin capability definitionsExamine the main plugin PHP files for missing 'current_user_can()' checks or capability requirements before sensitive operations (admin actions, settings modifications, data access)Affected if Administrative functions lack capability checks or use weak/nonexistent capability requirements
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Verify user role permissionsCreate a test user with minimal privileges (e.g., Subscriber) and attempt to access plugin features that should require administrator-level accessAffected if Low-privilege users can perform administrative actions within the plugin
The environment is affected if Minterpress plugin is installed AND unauthorized users can access administrative functions without proper capability 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 Minterpress to the latest patched version when available. Until then, restrict access to the plugin's administrative functions using server-level authentication or a WAF rule that enforces proper session validation.
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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-2025-23529 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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