CVE-2025-26975
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 WP Chill Strong Testimonials strong-testimonials allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Strong Testimonials: from n/a through <= 3.2.3.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or low-privileged users to access administrative functionality that should be constrained by access control lists (ACLs). The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before executing certain actions.
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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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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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Confirm Strong Testimonials plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin, navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'Strong Testimonials' in the list. Note whether it is active or inactive.Affected if The plugin is installed and active, making the vulnerability potentially exploitable in the current environment.
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Identify installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin name to view details, or access the plugin's main file via FTP/file manager to read the version comment header. Compare this version against the latest patched version available at wordpress.org/plugins/strong-testimonials/.Affected if The installed version is older than the latest version and lacks the capability check fixes described in the CVE.
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Review WordPress user rolesNavigate to Users > All Users in the WordPress admin panel. Identify if there are users with roles other than Administrator (Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber).Affected if Non-admin user accounts exist, and these accounts could potentially exploit the vulnerability to access administrative functionality they should not have.
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Verify access control configurationCheck the Strong Testimonials plugin settings under the plugin's admin menu. Look for any access control, permission, or role-based settings that may have been misconfigured or that rely on the plugin's native capability checks.Affected if The plugin settings rely solely on internal capability validation without additional hardening at the server or application level.
You are affected if the Strong Testimonials plugin is active, running an unpatched version, and your site has non-admin user accounts that could potentially access privileged functions through the missing authorization checks.
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 Strong Testimonials to the latest version which includes proper capability checks and authorization validation for all sensitive functions. If no update is available, restrict access to the affected endpoints at the web server level until a patch is released.
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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.
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- 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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