CVE-2025-23763
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 Alex Volkov WAH Forms allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects WAH Forms: from n/a through 1.0.
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 WAH Forms WordPress plugin allows authenticated attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to form data or functionality that should require higher privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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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Identify if WAH Forms plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory at wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'wah-forms' or similar, or query the wp_options table for the active_plugins entry containing 'wah-forms'Affected if WAH Forms plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine installed WAH Forms versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (typically wah-forms.php) and read the Version header comment, or check the plugin version in the WordPress admin plugins listAffected if The installed version has not received the authorization fix (no patch version specified in advisory)
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Review user role capabilities for form accessIn WordPress admin, go to Users > Roles or use a role management tool to examine what capabilities are assigned to lower-privileged roles (Editor, Author, Contributor) regarding wah-formsAffected if Lower-privileged user roles have capabilities that should be restricted to Administrators only
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Inspect form access control configurationsNavigate to WAH Forms settings or form configuration pages in the admin panel and examine the access control/security level settings for each formAffected if Forms are configured with security levels that allow authenticated users to access data or functionality beyond their intended privilege level
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Verify sensitive form operations are protectedAttempt to access or modify form configurations, submissions, or sensitive form actions using a non-administrator account to test if proper authorization is enforcedAffected if A user with lower privileges can perform actions that should require Administrator-level access
The environment is affected if WAH Forms plugin is installed AND the version lacks the authorization fix AND the plugin's access control settings allow privilege escalation beyond the user's assigned role.
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 dataApply vendor patch for WAH Forms that implements proper capability checks and authorization validation on all sensitive form operations; restrict form configuration access to appropriate user roles until patch is applied.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 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-2025-23763 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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