CVE-2025-53255
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 Nabil Lemsieh HurryTimer hurrytimer allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects HurryTimer: from n/a through <= 2.13.1.
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 confidenceMissing authorization check in HurryTimer WordPress plugin <= 2.13.1 allows unauthenticated or low-privilege attackers to access restricted functionality due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. The vulnerability stems from missing capability checks on certain admin AJAX endpoints or admin 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
- 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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Identify HurryTimer installation and versionCheck the WordPress plugins directory for the hurriertimer folder and read the main plugin file header to obtain the Version field, or use wp-cli: wp plugin list --name=hurrytimer --format=jsonAffected if HurryTimer plugin is installed with version 2.13.1 or lower
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Verify the plugin is activeQuery the WordPress options table for the active_plugins option, or use wp-cli: wp plugin is-active hurriertimerAffected if The plugin is installed and currently activated on the site
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Inspect admin AJAX endpoint access controlsExamine the plugin source code in wp-content/plugins/hurrytimer/ for AJAX action handlers (add_action calls with wp_ajax_ or wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks) and verify whether each handler calls current_user_can or a capability check before executing sensitive operationsAffected if Any admin AJAX endpoint in the plugin lacks a current_user_can capability check or performs privileged actions without authorization validation
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Test unauthenticated access to admin actionsSend a direct HTTP request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with a HurryTimer-related action parameter (such as those registered by the plugin) without providing authentication credentials or a valid nonce, and observe whether the request is processed or returns privileged dataAffected if The server responds to unauthenticated requests on HurryTimer AJAX endpoints and returns success or sensitive information instead of a 403 error
A site is affected if HurryTimer version 2.13.1 or lower is installed and active, and the plugin's AJAX endpoints or admin actions are accessible to unauthenticated or low-privilege users without capability verification.
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 HurryTimer version when available, or audit and add proper capability checks (current_user_can) and nonce verification to all admin-facing functions and AJAX endpoints.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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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
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