CVE-2025-48155
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 enituretechnology Residential Address Detection residential-address-detection allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Residential Address Detection: from n/a through <= 2.5.9.
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 confidenceThe Residential Address Detection plugin for WordPress has a missing authorization vulnerability allowing unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access functionality that should be constrained by Access Control Lists (ACLs). The vulnerability exists in versions up to and including 2.5.9, where certain administrative or privileged functions lack proper capability checks or ACL enforcement.
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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 plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin Plugins page and locate 'Residential Address Detection' plugin in the list, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder containing 'residential-address' or similar namingAffected if Plugin appears in the installed plugins list or exists in the plugins directory
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Check installed version numberIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins page, click on the plugin to view details, or inspect the main plugin PHP file header for 'Version:' tagAffected if Version number displayed is 2.5.9 or lower (any version 'up to and including 2.5.9')
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Confirm plugin is activeIn WordPress admin Plugins page, verify the plugin shows as 'Active' under its statusAffected if Plugin is currently activated on the WordPress site
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Identify exposed admin functionsReview plugin source code for admin-ajax.php hooks, admin_menu additions, or REST API endpoints. Test by accessing common admin URLs or ajax endpoints without authentication using a tool like curl to send requestsAffected if Requests to admin functions or ajax endpoints return successful responses without requiring login or proper capability verification
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Test authorization on plugin endpointsAttempt to access plugin admin pages or execute plugin ajax actions while logged out as a subscriber or without administrator privilegesAffected if Unauthenticated or low-privilege users can access plugin administrative functions that should be restricted to admins only
You are affected if the Residential Address Detection plugin is installed, active, and running version 2.5.9 or lower where unauthorized users can access privileged functions without proper capability checks.
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 the plugin to the latest version which should include proper authorization checks. If no update is available, implement capability checks (current_user_can()) and nonce verification on all sensitive functions and adminajax endpoints to enforce ACL constraints.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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