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Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-23906

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 wpseek WordPress Dashboard Tweeter allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects WordPress Dashboard Tweeter: from n/a through 1.3.2.

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 confidence

This is a Missing Authorization vulnerability in the wpseek WordPress Dashboard Tweeter plugin (versions through 1.3.2). The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks before allowing access to certain functionality, enabling authenticated attackers (with limited privileges) to perform actions that should require higher-level permissions or administrative access.

MitigationImplement proper capability checks and authorization validation in all plugin functions that perform sensitive operations, ensuring WordPress capability requirements (such as 'manage_options' for administrative actions) are enforced before executing protected functionality.

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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

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  1. Locate the plugin file
    In the WordPress installation, navigate to /wp-content/plugins/ and look for a folder named 'wpseek-dashboard-tweeter' or similar containing the Dashboard Tweeter plugin files.
    Affected if The plugin folder exists in the plugins directory.
  2. Determine the installed version
    Open the main plugin PHP file (usually named index.php or similar in the plugin folder) and locate the version comment or the 'Version' header in the plugin metadata at the top of the file.
    Affected if The version listed is 1.3.2 or any earlier version (e.g., 1.3.1, 1.3.0, 1.2.0, etc.).
  3. Verify the plugin is active
    In the WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and check whether the Dashboard Tweeter plugin shows as 'Active'.
    Affected if The plugin is currently activated on the WordPress site.
  4. Confirm sensitive functions lack capability checks
    Review the plugin PHP code for functions that perform sensitive operations (such as posting to Twitter, updating settings, or modifying data) and check if they include WordPress capability checks like 'current_user_can("manage_options")' before executing.
    Affected if Any function that should require administrative privileges does not contain proper capability validation checks.

The environment is affected if the Dashboard Tweeter plugin is installed, active, and version 1.3.2 or lower, since the missing authorization flaw allows any authenticated user to potentially exploit it.

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

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper capability checks and authorization validation in all plugin functions that perform sensitive operations, ensuring WordPress capability requirements (such as 'manage_options' for administrative actions) are enforced before executing protected functionality.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

latest available version (should be greater than 1.3.2)

  1. Log in to WordPress admin dashboard
  2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. Locate the 'WordPress Dashboard Tweeter' plugin
  4. Check the current version number to confirm it's 1.3.2 or lower
  5. Update the plugin to the latest available version from the WordPress plugin repository
  6. After update completes, verify the new version number in the plugins list
  7. Test that the plugin functionality still works as expected

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation3.0 h
  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
8.0 hours of engineering $1,420
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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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