CVE-2025-31545
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 Messiah Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP safe-ai-malware-protection-for-wp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP: from n/a through <= 1.0.20.
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 vulnerability in the WordPress plugin 'Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP' (version <= 1.0.20). The plugin fails to properly enforce access control checks, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to perform actions that should require higher-level permissions due to incorrectly configured security levels.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify plugin installationNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and confirm 'Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP' is installed and activeAffected if the plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins, find 'Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP' and view the version number displayed beneath the plugin nameAffected if the version number is 1.0.20 or lower
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Identify registered user rolesGo to WordPress admin > Users and review the list of existing user accounts to see what roles are present (Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber, or custom roles)Affected if there are user accounts with low-privilege roles such as Subscriber, Contributor, or Author
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Test low-privilege user access to plugin functionsUsing a low-privilege user account (such as a Subscriber), attempt to access the plugin settings page or trigger plugin-admin actions by navigating to the plugin menu itemsAffected if the low-privilege user can access or modify plugin settings or execute admin-level functions without being prompted for authorization
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Review plugin capability configurationInspect the plugin code (if accessible via wp-content/plugins) to examine function declarations for missing capability checks such as 'manage_options' or 'manage_network'Affected if the plugin functions lack proper capability checks before executing sensitive operations
A site is affected if it has Safe Ai Malware Protection for WP version 1.0.20 or lower installed AND has any user accounts with low-privilege roles that can access admin-level plugin functions without proper authorization.
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 capability/authorization checks before executing sensitive operations and review the access control configuration to ensure each function validates user permissions correctly. Update to a patched version if available.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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