Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-23773

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-04-17
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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74/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in mingocommerce Delete All Posts allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Delete All Posts: through 1.1.1.

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 confidence

The Delete All Posts WordPress plugin through version 1.1.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This enables unauthorized users to potentially delete posts without proper capability checks or authentication validation.

MitigationUpdate to a patched version of the plugin once released, or implement proper WordPress capability checks and nonce validation on all post deletion functions to ensure only authorized users can perform bulk delete 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
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate the Delete All Posts plugin
    Check if the plugin directory exists at wp-content/plugins/delete-all-posts/ or similar variant name
    Affected if The plugin directory exists in the WordPress installation
  2. Identify installed plugin version
    Open the main plugin PHP file and look for the Version header in the plugin comment block, or check readme.txt for the Stable tag
    Affected if Version is 1.1.1 or lower (any version through 1.1.1)
  3. Verify plugin is active
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and check if Delete All Posts is activated
    Affected if The plugin is active and accessible on the site
  4. Inspect deletion functions for capability checks
    Review the plugin code for add_action or add_shortcode hooks that handle post deletion; verify if current_user_can() or a capability check is present before any bulk delete operations
    Affected if No capability check (like manage_options or delete_posts) is found before post deletion logic
  5. Check for nonce validation on deletion actions
    Search the plugin code for wp_verify_nonce or check_admin_referer calls on functions that process post deletion requests
    Affected if No nonce validation is present on deletion action handlers

User is affected if the Delete All Posts plugin version 1.1.1 or lower is installed and active, with deletion functions lacking proper WordPress capability checks and nonce validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update to a patched version of the plugin once released, or implement proper WordPress capability checks and nonce validation on all post deletion functions to ensure only authorized users can perform bulk delete operations.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,490
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