CVE-2025-31042
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 rtakao Sandwich Adsense firsth3tagadsense allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Sandwich Adsense: from n/a through <= 4.0.2.
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 confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in the rtakao Sandwich Adsense WordPress plugin (version <= 4.0.2) allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to sensitive functionality or data due to improper capability checks.
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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 the plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins and confirm 'rtakao Sandwich Adsense' is listed, or check for the plugin directory at /wp-content/plugins/rtakao-sandwich-adsense/Affected if Plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Check the installed versionIn WordPress Admin > Plugins, click on the plugin to view its details and verify the version number is 4.0.2 or lower, or open the main plugin file and look for the Version header in the plugin comment blockAffected if Version is 4.0.2 or lower
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Identify admin AJAX endpoints in the pluginSearch plugin PHP files for 'add_action' calls with 'wp_ajax_' or 'wp_ajax_nopriv_' hooks to locate AJAX handlers, then examine these handlers for missing current_user_can() capability checksAffected if AJAX endpoints exist that lack proper capability verification (no current_user_can() call before executing sensitive operations)
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Check sensitive functions for authorizationReview plugin PHP files for functions performing sensitive operations (database writes, settings changes, data exports) and verify each has a current_user_can() or similar authorization check at the function entry pointAffected if Sensitive functions lack authorization checks and can be called by any authenticated user
User is affected if the rtakao Sandwich Adsense plugin version is 4.0.2 or lower and the plugin contains admin AJAX endpoints or sensitive functions without current_user_can() capability verification.
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 WordPress capability checks (using functions like current_user_can()) and authorization validation on all sensitive functions and admin AJAX endpoints within the plugin to ensure users can only access resources they're authorized for.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-31042 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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