CVE-2025-47529
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 UX Design Experts Experto CTA Widget – Call To Action, Sticky CTA, Floating Button Plugin experto-cta-widget allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Experto CTA Widget – Call To Action, Sticky CTA, Floating Button Plugin: from n/a through <= 1.1.1.
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 Experto CTA Widget WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly enforce access control checks, allowing unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access administrative functions intended for higher-privileged users. The issue stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels that do not validate user capabilities before executing sensitive actions.
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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 Experto CTA Widget plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Experto CTA Widget'. Alternatively, check if the directory wp-content/plugins/experto-cta-widget/ exists on the server.Affected if Plugin is present and active in the WordPress installation
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin Plugins list, find Experto CTA Widget and note the version number displayed beneath the plugin name. You can also open the main plugin PHP file in wp-content/plugins/experto-cta-widget/ and read the Version header in the file comment.Affected if Installed version lacks the security fix (compare your version against the patched version once released)
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Identify admin AJAX hooks and endpoints in the pluginExamine the plugin source code files in wp-content/plugins/experto-cta-widget/ and search for wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks, which register AJAX endpoints accessible from the frontend or admin area.Affected if Plugin registers AJAX or admin endpoints that may be accessible without proper authorization
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Review capability checks on sensitive plugin functionsOpen the plugin PHP files and search for current_user_can(), check_admin_referer(), or similar WordPress capability validation functions. Examine whether admin actions (settings changes, data modifications) verify user privileges before execution.Affected if Sensitive functions lack capability checks or have improperly configured access control that allows lower-privileged users to execute admin-level actions
If the plugin is installed and its admin functions do not properly validate user capabilities before executing sensitive actions, the environment is affected by this missing authorization vulnerability.
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 dataUpdate to the latest version of the plugin if a patched release is available. Until then, restrict access to the plugin's administrative interface and consider disabling it if authorization cannot be properly enforced through configuration.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-47529 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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