Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-28985

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-06
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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60/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable 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 Elastic Email Elastic Email Subscribe Form elastic-email-subscribe-form allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Elastic Email Subscribe Form: from n/a through <= 1.2.2.

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

A missing authorization vulnerability in the Elastic Email Subscribe Form WordPress plugin (versions up to 1.2.2) allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized actions due to improper permission checks in the plugin's subscription or form handling functionality.

MitigationUpdate to a patched version of Elastic Email Subscribe Form that implements proper authorization checks, or remove the plugin if no update is available.

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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
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 checks

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  1. Verify plugin installation and version
    Check the installed version of Elastic Email Subscribe Form plugin in WordPress (typically in the plugin's main file header or readme.txt). Compare against affected versions up to 1.2.2.
    Affected if The plugin is installed and the version is 1.2.2 or lower.
  2. Identify plugin entry points
    Locate the plugin's main PHP file and examine which PHP files handle subscription or form handling functionality (look for functions processing form submissions, email subscriptions, or user data.
    Affected if The plugin contains subscription or form handling code without proper capability checks.
  3. Inspect permission checks in vulnerable functions
    Review the subscription/form handling code for current_user_can() or similar authorization calls. Check if admin actions can be reached without authentication or with subscriber-level privileges.
    Affected if No authorization checks exist, or checks only verify user login without verifying appropriate capability/role.
  4. Test form submission accessibility
    If possible, submit a request to the plugin's form handler endpoint using an unauthenticated or low-privilege account (subscriber role). Observe if the request is processed without rejection.
    Affected if Form submissions from unauthenticated or low-privilege users are accepted and processed.

The environment is affected if the Elastic Email Subscribe Form plugin is installed at version 1.2.2 or lower and the subscription/form handling functionality lacks proper capability checks, allowing unauthorized access.

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 Elastic Email Subscribe Form that implements proper authorization checks, or remove the plugin if no update is available.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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