Missing AuthorizationWeakness · CWE-862

CVE-2025-54739

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-08-14
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Missing Authorization vulnerability in POSIMYTH Nexter Blocks the-plus-addons-for-block-editor allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Nexter Blocks: from n/a through <= 4.5.4.

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 confidence

Missing authorization vulnerability in the Nexter Blocks WordPress plugin allows unauthorized users to access functionality due to incorrectly configured access control security levels. Attackers can exploit improperly configured permission checks to perform actions beyond their intended privileges.

MitigationUpdate Nexter Blocks to the latest version once a patch is released. Until then, review user roles and permissions, and restrict administrative access to trusted personnel only.

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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
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Nexter Blocks plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and check if Nexter Blocks appears in the list of installed plugins
    Affected if Nexter Blocks plugin is installed and active in the WordPress environment
  2. Check installed version of Nexter Blocks
    In WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins > locate Nexter Blocks and record the version number displayed
    Affected if Installed version differs from the latest version once the patch is released
  3. Review user roles with administrative access
    Navigate to Users > All Users in WordPress admin panel and examine which users are assigned Administrator, Editor, or other privileged roles
    Affected if Users with untrusted or unexpected roles have administrative privileges
  4. Audit plugin settings for unauthorized changes
    Navigate to Nexter Blocks settings (typically under Settings or a dedicated Nexter menu) and review configuration for any unexpected modifications
    Affected if Settings have been altered by users who should not have permission to modify them
  5. Check for suspicious user activity
    Review WordPress activity logs, audit logs, or user action history for any changes to user roles, plugin configurations, or content modifications performed by low-privilege users
    Affected if Actions were performed by users lacking proper authorization

If Nexter Blocks is active and users with insufficient privileges can access or modify administrative functionality, the environment is affected by this missing authorization vulnerability.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update Nexter Blocks to the latest version once a patch is released. Until then, review user roles and permissions, and restrict administrative access to trusted personnel only.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,180
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