CVE-2025-30929
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 amazewp fluXtore fluxtore allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects fluXtore: from n/a through <= 1.6.0.
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 confidenceThis is a Missing Authorization (Broken Access Control) vulnerability in the fluXtore WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks on certain functionality, allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This could enable unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access functionality they should not have permission to use.
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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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Verify fluXtore plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'fluXtore' in the list, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a fluXtore folderAffected if The fluXtore plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
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Identify installed fluXtore versionOpen the main fluXtore plugin file (usually fluXtore.php) and locate the version comment header, or check the plugin's readme.txt file for the Version fieldAffected if You cannot determine the version or the version is unknown (the vulnerability affects all versions lacking proper authorization)
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Test for unauthenticated access to plugin endpointsSend HTTP requests to common fluXtore AJAX endpoints (wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=fluxtore_...) or admin pages without providing authentication cookies or valid credentialsAffected if The plugin responds with successful JSON data or grants access to functionality that should require admin privileges
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Verify user role enforcement on plugin functionalityCreate a test subscriber or contributor user account and attempt to access any fluXtore-related functionality or admin pages that should be restricted to administrators onlyAffected if Lower-privileged users can access, modify, or execute plugin functions that require administrator-level permissions
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Inspect plugin capabilities configurationReview the fluXtore plugin source code for add_cap(), role_add_cap(), or current_user_can() calls to verify whether proper authorization checks exist before sensitive operationsAffected if The plugin lacks capability checks or uses weak/incorrect capability strings for protecting sensitive functions
Your environment is affected if the fluXtore plugin is installed and allows unauthenticated users or lower-privileged roles to access administrative functionality that should be restricted.
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 dataImplement proper authorization checks on all sensitive functionality and endpoints within the plugin, ensuring that the plugin correctly validates user permissions before allowing access to protected resources.
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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.
- 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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