CVE-2025-49988
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 Renzo Johnson Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension integrate-contact-form-7-and-aweber allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension: from n/a through <= 0.1.40.
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 (Broken Access Control) vulnerability in the Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks on certain functionality, allowing unauthenticated or unauthorized attackers to access resources or actions that should require proper access control validation. The vulnerability stems from incorrectly configured access control security levels in the plugin.
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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
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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 plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory or wp-admin for the Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension plugin presence. Look in wp-content/plugins/ for a folder containing 'aweber' or 'cf7-aweber' in the name.Affected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress.
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Identify the installed versionOpen the main plugin PHP file (usually plugin-name.php) and look for the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block, or check the readme.txt file for the stable tag.Affected if The installed version has not received a security patch for broken access control.
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Inspect plugin file permissionsReview the main plugin PHP files for missing capability checks (like current_user_can) and nonce verification before sensitive operations. Look for functions that handle AWeber API calls or subscriber data.Affected if Code lacks current_user_can() checks or wp_verify_nonce() calls before performing actions.
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Test sensitive endpointsAttempt to access plugin admin pages or AJAX endpoints without logging in or with a low-privilege user account. Check if the plugin responds to unauthenticated requests.Affected if The plugin allows unauthenticated or unauthorized users to access admin functionality that should require authentication.
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Check for unauthenticated AJAX actionsExamine the plugin for add_action calls with no capability checks, particularly for wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks. Look at what data these actions process.Affected if The plugin registers AJAX endpoints accessible to unauthenticated users without proper authorization validation.
A user is affected if the Contact Form 7 AWeber Extension plugin is installed and its code or endpoints lack proper authorization checks (capability checks and nonce verification) for sensitive functionality.
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 authorization checks (capability checks and nonce verification) on all sensitive functionality in the plugin. Update to a patched version if available; otherwise, disable the plugin until a fix is released.
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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.
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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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