CVE-2025-31768
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 OTWthemes Widget Manager Light widget-manager-light allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Widget Manager Light: from n/a through <= 1.18.
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 OTWthemes Widget Manager Light WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access widget management functionality that should be restricted by Access Control Lists (ACLs). The plugin fails to properly validate user capabilities before executing widget-related operations, enabling unauthorized modification or viewing of widget configurations.
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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
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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 the Widget Manager Light plugin is installedCheck your WordPress installation for the presence of the OTWthemes Widget Manager Light plugin in wp-content/plugins/ or via the WordPress admin plugin listAffected if The plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Identify the installed plugin versionCheck the plugin header in the main plugin file (usually widget-manager-light.php or similar) for the Version field, or look in the WordPress admin plugin listAffected if The installed version has not received a security patch for CVE-2025-31768 (compare to any patched version if known)
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Test unauthenticated access to admin functionalityAttempt to access WordPress admin dashboard pages related to widget management without logging in, or check if the plugin exposes any public-facing AJAX endpoints that handle widget operationsAffected if Unauthenticated requests are processed without requiring login or admin capabilities
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Test low-privileged user accessLog in with a subscriber or contributor level account and attempt to access or modify widget configurations through the plugin admin interfaceAffected if Users without Administrator or manage_options capabilities can access widget management features that should be restricted
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Inspect plugin code for capability checksReview the main plugin PHP files for the presence of current_user_can() or similar WordPress capability checks before widget management operationsAffected if No capability checks are found before widget add/edit/delete operations
If the plugin is active and allows unauthenticated or non-admin users to access or modify widget configurations without proper capability validation, the environment is affected by CVE-2025-31768.
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 dataApply any available vendor patch/updates for Widget Manager Light. Until a patch is released, restrict plugin access via web server-level authentication or disable the plugin if untrusted users have access to the WordPress admin. The fix requires adding proper WordPress capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) before widget management operations.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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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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