CVE-2025-24778
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 De paragon No Spam At All no-spam-at-all allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects No Spam At All: from n/a through <= 1.3.
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 confidenceA missing authorization vulnerability in the No Spam At All WordPress plugin (versions <= 1.3) allows attackers to access functionality that should require proper authentication and permission checks. The plugin has incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized users to perform actions that should be restricted.
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
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check installed plugin versionNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins > No Spam At All, or inspect the plugin main PHP file header for 'Version:' tag, or query via WP-CLI: wp plugin list --name='no-spam-at-all'Affected if Version displayed is 1.3 or lower
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Identify plugin AJAX endpointsExamine plugin PHP files for add_action calls registering 'wp_ajax_' or 'wp_ajax_nopriv_' hooks. Look for action names containing the plugin identifier.Affected if AJAX endpoints exist that are registered without capability checks (no current_user_can verification before processing)
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Inspect admin action handlersSearch plugin PHP files for add_action calls on admin.php hooks (e.g., 'admin_post_nospamatalldo', 'admin_init'). Check if these handlers verify user capabilities before executing sensitive operations.Affected if Admin action handlers exist without current_user_can() or nonce verification checks
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Review form handlers and callback functionsScan plugin files for functions handling form submissions, settings updates, or data processing. Check if these functions include authorization checks (current_user_can) at the function entry point.Affected if Sensitive functions (settings changes, data exports, user actions) lack authorization validation at the start of execution
The environment is affected if No Spam At All plugin version is 1.3 or lower AND the plugin exposes any endpoints, AJAX handlers, or callback functions that process sensitive operations without verifying user authentication (current_user_can) or nonce tokens.
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 dataAudit all plugin functions and endpoints to identify those lacking proper capability checks, then implement WordPress capability checks (current_user_can) and nonce verification on all sensitive operations.
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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-2025-24778 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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