CVE-2025-50028
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 CodeSolz Ultimate Push Notifications ultimate-push-notifications allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ultimate Push Notifications: from n/a through <= 1.2.0.
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 CodeSolz Ultimate Push Notifications WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access administrative functions or perform actions beyond their authorized scope.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 Ultimate Push Notifications plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'Ultimate Push Notifications' by CodeSolz, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for the ultimate-push-notifications folderAffected if The plugin is installed and active
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin_plugins list, click on the plugin name to view details, or open /wp-content/plugins/ultimate-push-notifications/readme.txt and check the 'Stable tag' or Version lineAffected if The version is older than the fixed release version (compare against the latest version on wordpress.org)
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Check for unprotected AJAX actionsReview plugin PHP files in /wp-content/plugins/ultimate-push-notifications/ for admin-ajax.php or wp_ajax_ hooks. Test accessing these endpoints with a low-privilege user (subscriber) or unauthenticated requestAffected if AJAX actions respond successfully without proper capability checks (e.g., current_user_can() returns false but action executes)
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Inspect capability checks in plugin codeSearch plugin PHP files for functions like current_user_can(), wp_get_current_user(), or role checks. Look for sensitive functions (settings updates, notification sending, user management) that lack these checksAffected if Sensitive operations lack capability checks or use weak/incorrect capability checks (e.g., checking for logged-in user but not for specific capabilities)
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Test access to administrative functionsUsing a low-privilege user account (e.g., subscriber), attempt to access plugin settings pages directly via URL or submit forms to plugin admin action endpointsAffected if Lower-privileged users can access admin pages or modify plugin settings without authorization
Your environment is affected if the CodeSolz Ultimate Push Notifications plugin is installed with a version that lacks proper capability checks on sensitive AJAX actions and administrative functions.
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 Ultimate Push Notifications to the latest version and audit all capability checks to ensure proper authorization is enforced for all sensitive operations.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-50028 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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